Suzuki Grand Vitara SQ416/SQ420/420WD

since 1998 release

Repair and operation of the car


Suzuki Grand Vitara
+ General information
+ Maintenance and lubricant
+ Heater, ventilation and conditioner
- Steering
   + Suspension bracket, wheels and tires
   + Adjustment of angles of installation of wheels of a forward suspension bracket
   + System of the power steering
   - Steering wheel and steering column
      + The steering wheel and a steering column which is not equipped with a safety cushion
      - A steering wheel and a steering column with a safety cushion
         General description
         + Diagnostics
         - Service out of a workshop
            + Precautionary measures at service
            The module (having inflated) the driver's pillows
            + Steering wheel
            Contact coil and understeering switches
            Steering column (at not a cabriolet)
            The top shaft of steering (at not a cabriolet)
            Steering column (at a cabriolet)
            Steering lock (ignition switch)
            Lower shaft of steering
            Check of a steering column and top shaft of steering on existence of accident damages (at not a cabriolet)
            Check of a steering column on accident damages (at a cabriolet)
            Lever of an adjustable unblocking of a steering column
         Specifications of the moment of an inhaling
         Special tool
+ Suspension bracket
+ Wheels and tires
+ Forward driving shaft / bearing of a shaft. Oil epiploon
+ Driveshafts
+ Brake system
+ Engines
+ Fuel system
+ System of ignition
+ System of start
+ System of release
+ Transmissions
+ Coupling
+ Transfer
+ Forward and back differentials
+ Windows, mirrors, locks and security measures. Immobilizer
+ Electric equipment

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Steering column (at a cabriolet)

When the steering column is removed from the car, it is very easy to damage it.

If to drop it vertically, the steering shaft can break or plastic pins which regulate column length can weaken; if to lean on it, it can be bent or deformed. Any of the listed damages can worsen udaropogloshchayushchy properties of a column.

Weakening fixing bolts and nuts of a steering column, be convinced that the steering column and the lower steering shaft are disconnected. If before weakening of fixing bolts and nuts not to separate a steering column and the lower steering shaft, it can damage the bearing of the lower steering shaft.


When carrying out service of a steering column or any knots established on it it is necessary to remove a steering wheel. But if the steering column is removed only to provide access to toolbar components, the steering wheel can be not removed from a column.

Removal

Never put a column vertically on the steering wheel turned down by the module (naduv) of a safety cushion. It can lead to a trauma.


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

    Disconnect "minus" a battery cable. Disconnect system of a safety cushion. See preventions at the beginning of this Chapter. Remove a steering wheel and the contact coil with understeering switches if it is required. See in this Chapter of the Section the Steering wheel and the Contact coil and understeering switches. If the steering wheel and/or understeering switches remain on the place, execute the following manipulations:
      Turn a steering wheel so that forward wheels of the car were directed directly forward. Turn the ignition switch in the provision of "LOCK" and take out a key.
    Uncover an opening of a steering column (1). Disconnect all cables of the following knots:
      Contact coil and understeering switches. Ignition switch.
1 — a cover of an opening of a steering column
    Apply docking tags on the coupling of a shaft and a shaft (from a column) that on them it is correct to establish into place.
1 — a steering column
2 — the coupling of a steering shaft
3 — tags
    Having unscrewed a bolt from a column on the coupling of a shaft and having weakened a bolt from the lower shaft, pull the shaft coupling towards the lower shaft (as shown shooters in the drawing below).
1 — a steering column
2 — the coupling of a steering shaft
3 — the lower steering shaft
4 — a bolt (from a column)
5 — a bolt (from the lower shaft)
    Unscrew fixing bolts of a steering column (6 pieces).
1 — a steering column
2 — a fixing bolt of a steering column
3 — the lower epiploon of a steering column
    If there is a cable of blocking of the switch (key), unscrew, and then disconnect a cable from the ignition switch. Remove a steering column from the car.
1 — a cable of blocking of the switch (key)
2 — a bolt

Survey

Check serviceability of a steering column and existence of damages as it is described in the Section Check of a steering column on accident damages (at a cabriolet).

Installation

After fixing bolts of a steering column are tightened, tighten bolts of the coupling of a steering shaft.


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

    Make sure that forward wheels and a steering wheel are in the situation corresponding to the rectilinear movement of the car. If there is a cable of blocking of the switch (key), fix it on the ignition switch. Inhaling moment: bolt of a cable of blocking of the switch (key) (a): 2.2 N • m (0.22 kg-m, 1.6 pounds feet).
1 — a cable of blocking of the switch (key)
2 — a bolt
    Install a steering column (1) on the panel (4) and the top fixture so that the thickening of the lower epiploon of a steering column (3) was projected through an opening in the panel in an engine compartment. Tighten at first the lower bolts of a steering column (2) (4 pieces), and then the top bolts (5) (2 pieces) to the specified value of the moment of an inhaling. Inhaling moment: a fixing bolt of a steering column — 23 N • m (2.3 kg-m, 17.0 pounds feet).
In an engine compartment.
In salon.
    Dress the coupling of a steering shaft on a steering shaft, having combined the tags put before removal.
1 — the coupling of a steering shaft
2 — a steering shaft (from a column)
3 — tags
    Fasten a shaft coupling bolt (from a column) to the coupling of a steering shaft. At first tighten a shaft coupling bolt (from a column) to the specified value of the moment of an inhaling, and then a shaft coupling bolt (from the lower party of a shaft) to the specified value of the moment of an inhaling. Inhaling moment: shaft coupling bolt (c): 25 N • m (2.5 kg-m, 18.0 pounds feet).
1 — the coupling of a steering shaft
2 — a steering shaft (from a column)
3 — tags
    If the contact coil and understeering switches were removed, establish them into place. See in this Chapter the Section the Contact coil and understeering switches. Connect all wires which were disconnected before removal. Establish a cover of an opening of a steering column.
1 — a cover of an opening of a steering column
    If the steering wheel was removed, establish it as the Steering wheel is described in this Chapter in the Section. Connect "minus" a battery cable. Having established a steering column, be convinced that the system of a safety cushion is included. See preventions at the beginning of this Chapter.