Remove the wheel.
Bend the cotter pin of the crown nut, and in most cases they are simply broken off. Knock the cotter pin out of the nut.
Using a special puller (3), you can easily remove the steering rod joint (2) from the steering arm (1)
Use a wrench to loosen the crown nut.
Remove the tie rod joint upwards from the steering arm (near the wheel support housing). This will require a cam puller.
Loosen the lock nut on the transverse steering rod, holding the rod with a hex key.
Mark the position of the threaded connection of the steering rod joint, then after assembly there will be a certain correspondence.
Replace the hinge.
Insert the ball pin of the steering rod joint into the steering arm, if necessary, gently tap from above.
Tighten the crown nut of the tie rod joint ring to a torque of 30 Nm and turn it until the slot in the nut aligns with the hole under the cotter pin.
After tightening the crown nut (3) onto the thread of the pin (1) of the transverse steering rod, insert the cotter pin (2)
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Insert a new cotter pin and bend its ends.
Tighten the lock nut of the threaded connection to a torque of 50 Nm.
Check wheel alignment.

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