Protege L4-1839cc 1.8L DOHC (1990)
Alignment: Service and Repair
Front Wheel Alignment
Preliminary Checks
1. Check tire pressure and adjust as necessary.
2. Inspect the following and adjust/repair as necessary:
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Front wheel bearing play
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Wheel and Tire runout
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ball joints and steering linkage for excessive looseness
3. The vehicle must be on level ground and have no luggage or passenger load.
4. The difference in height between the left and right sides from the center of the wheel to the fender brim must NOT exceed 10mm (0.39 in.)
5. Assure that front and rear struts are in good, serviceable condition.
Camber & Caster
1.
Raise and support front of vehicle, then open hood.
2.
Remove strut mounting block to fender attaching nuts.
3.
Push mounting block downward and turn it until specified angle is obtained. When triangle mark on mounting block is rotated from engine to
the outside, camber changes to negative side. When mark is moved back, camber changes to positive side.
4.
Install and tighten two shock absorber mounting block to fender attaching nuts.
Steering Angle
Steering angle is adjusted by loosening tie rod locknuts and turning tie rods equally.
Toe-In
FRONT
1.
Loosen left and right tie rod locknuts.
2.
Turn both tie rods the same amount until specified adjustment is obtained. Both tie rods have righthand threads.
3.
Torque tie rod locknut as follows:
a. 25-29 ft. lbs. on Protege and 2 wheel drive 323 models.
b. 25-37 ft. lbs. on 323 models with all wheel drive.
c. 5-13 ft. lbs on MX-3 models.
4.
If boot is twisted, loosen boot band and straighten.
REAR
1.
Loosen adjusting rod locknuts.
2.
To increase toe in, turn right rod counterclockwise and left rod clockwise same amount.
3.
To decrease toe in, turn right rod clockwise and left rod counterclockwise an equal amount.
4.
Torque adjusting nuts to 41-47 ft. lbs.
