Rover 214 & 414 Service and Repair Manual - Rover club

10•4 Suspension and steering
option on all models. The main components
being a rack and pinion steering gear unit, a
hydraulic pump which is belt-driven off the
crankshaft and the hydraulic feed and return
lines between the pump and steering gear.
Precautions
The driveshaft hub and stub axle nuts are
1 Rubber cover
2 Self-locking nut
3 Washer
4 Strut upper mounting nut
5 Upper mounting plate
6 Bearing
7 Upper spring seat
8 Dust cover
9 Coil spring
10 Washer
11 Rubber damper stop
12 Strut
13 Strut lower clamp bolt
14 Tie bar
15 Bolt - tie bar to lower arm
16 Nut - tie bar to subframe
2.2 Front suspension components
17 Flanged washer
18 Mounting bush
19 Spacer
20 Driveshaft retaining nut
21 Brake disc
22 Disc retaining screw
23 Hub
24 Disc shield
25 Bolt
26 Circlip
27 Hub bearing
28 Swivel hub
29 Driveshaft
30 Lower suspension arm
31 Balljoint retaining nut
very tight – ensure the car is securely
suppoted when loosening and tightening
them.
A number of precautions must be observed
when working on the steering components of
vehicles equipped with airbags, these are
listed in Chapter 12.
32 Lower arm pivot bush
33 Lower arm pivot bolt
34 Anti-roll bar connecting
link
35 Bolt
36 Nut
37 Bolt - anti-roll bar
connecting link to lower
arm
38 Anti-roll bar
39 Mounting rubber
40 Mounting clamp
41 Bolt
42 Split pin
43 Track rod balljoint
1689 Rover 214 & 414 Updated Version 09/97
2 Front swivel hub assembly -
removal and refitting 3
Removal
1 Chock the rear wheels, firmly apply the
handbrake then jack up the front of the
vehicle and support it on axle stands. Remove
the appropriate front roadwheel.
2 Using a hammer and suitable chisel
nosed tool, tap up the staking securing the
driveshaft retaining nut to the groove in
the outer constant velocity joint (see
illustration).
3 Have an assistant firmly depress the
footbrake, then using a socket and extension
bar, slacken and remove the driveshaft
retaining nut. Discard the nut. A new nut must
be obtained for reassembly.
4 If the hub bearings are to be disturbed,
remove the brake disc. If not, undo the two
bolts securing the caliper mounting bracket to
the hub and slide the caliper off the disc. Tie
the caliper to the suspension strut to avoid
placing any strain on the brake hose.
5 On models equipped with ABS, remove the
front wheel sensor.
6 Slacken and remove the bolt and washer
securing the anti-roll bar connecting link to
the lower suspension arm and undo the two
bolts securing the tie bar to the lower
suspension arm.
7 Extract the split pins and undo the nuts
securing the steering gear track rod and lower
suspension arm balljoints to the swivel hub.
Release both the balljoints from the swivel
hub by using a suitable balljoint separator,
taking great care not to damage the balljoint
gaiters.
8 Slacken the swivel hub-to-suspension strut
clamp bolt then carefully ease the hub off the
strut. Once free, pull the hub outwards to free
it from the constant velocity joint splines, then
remove it from the vehicle (see illustration).
Whilst the hub is removed, support the
driveshaft by tying it to the suspension strut to
avoid damaging the inner constant velocity
joint or gaiter.
2.8 Removing swivel hub assembly