Vehicle information: 2010 Chery Ruihu, 1.6 displacement manual gear, driving about 170,000 kilometers.
Vehicle Failure: chassis rattling, walking on the bad road is like falling apart.
Vehicle chassis suspension rattling problem, fat brother previously shared with you especially. The first thing you need to do is to find a way to get your hands on a new car, and you'll be able to do it in a way that's easy for you. As long as you can find a careful and conscientious work, not afraid of trouble repair shop, even if it is a small store on the side of the road can be easily dealt with.
According to the owner's description:
Car go bad road chassis under the noise, has been a year, the car ran up with the same as the scattered, driving on the fear of wheels off.
Check the steps:
First, check the swing arm ball head, first check whether the ball head dust cover is damaged, dust cover damage does not mean that the ball head will be rattling, but it can be determined that it will not take long to change.
Check method: Shake the tire with your hand to see if the ball head is loose. You can also use your hand to grab the ball head to shake or use a wrench pry bar to help use, if there is no sense of looseness indicates that the ball head is intact.
Second, check the balance of the small tie rod ball head, the balance of the small tie rod is the chassis part of the most prone to rattling place, some models need to be replaced once in two years or so.
There are two ways to check: the first hand shaking the small tie rod to check the ball head clearance. The second is to remove the tie rod and test it on the road.
The small tie rod has two ball heads in one ****, both need to be checked.
Third, check the steering wheel tie rod ball head,
Inspection method: and the same as above, the first hand shaking, shaking can not be on the crowbar.
Fourth, check the inside of the steering wheel tie rod ball head.
Inspection method: this ball head is better to check, you can also remove the steering wheel dust cover to check.
There is no grease inside the ball head, and you can hear a clear "thump" sound when you shake it with your hand.
Fifth, check the steering rack and pinion.
Check method: the wheel to one side to play, so that the rack out, and then shake the hand, there is a sense of looseness with the sound of foreign noise means that the wear is too large, according to common sense on the need to replace.
Remedy: Slightly tighten the pressure screws above the rack and pinion of the steering wheel, you need to try several times to be able to adjust too tight to hit the direction will be a little heavy.
Fat brother summary:
After checking the steering wheel tie rod ball damaged need to be replaced, there are a number of rattles fat brother later and slowly share with you, such as steering wheel column, the direction of the column below the cross joints, the brake caliper pins, shock absorber core, shock absorber seat, the metabolism beam uneven force and so on the rattles.
Repair steps:
First, remove the steering column outer ball head fixing screw.
This ball head is fine and does not need to be replaced.
The ball head is very tight, not a little loose feeling.
Getting ready to break down the tie rod.
Old tie rod ball head.
Newly purchased top quality tie rod, just a bit expensive. Accessories warranty two years, two pieces of about 130 dollars.
The new ball head is wrapped in grease.
Comparison of old and new.
Comparison of ball heads.
The tie rods are screwed on top of the steering wheel.
Tighten and put on the dust boot.
Install the ball head.
There is no looseness or noise when you shake it by hand.
After replacing the tie rods, the front beam parameters of the left and right sides of the tire will definitely be different, so you also need to do a four-wheel alignment. If the front beam is not correct, the steering wheel is not in the right position, the steering wheel can not automatically return to the position, the left and right steering weight is not the same, or when you hit the bottom will appear to chew the suspension and so on.
Fat brother summary: Suspension rattles directly affect the driver's mood and driving quality, a car high or not senior, the first to look at the chassis and sound insulation. Fat brother is more sensitive to rattling people, there are rattling must be treated, remove the roof, pull the door plate, demolition of the center control is a common thing.