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Rover 200/400 Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer Workshop Manual02 · Information
02 · General

Steering

Make
Rover
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Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer 200/400 Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer Workshop Manual
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General data › Steering
InformationSteering

STEERING

Front wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe – out 0° 10' ± 0° 15'

Front wheel camber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0° 20' negative ± 0° 10'

Front wheel caster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1° 59' positive ± 0° 30'

King pin inclination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12°

Steering angle of outer wheel with inner wheel at 17° 17' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16° 21' ± 2°

Overall steering ratio:

  • Manual steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 : 1
  • Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.25 : 1

Rear wheel camber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0° 50' negative to 0° 50' positive

Rear wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toe – in 0° 11' ± 0° 7½ ' each wheel

Note: Steering and Suspension geometry settings are for a vehicle at unladen weight.

SUSPENSION

Front

Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent, MacPherson strut with coil spring and anti – roll bar

Nominal height to wheel arch from hub centre at unladen weight:

  • 220 GTi and Coupe with sports suspension . . . 374 ± 15 mm
  • All other models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 ± 15 mm

Road spring identification:

200 Series

  • 214i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/BLUE
  • 214 Si with P.A.S, A/C and sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/RED
  • All other 214 Si models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/BLUE
  • 214 SLi – Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/RED
  • 214 GSi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/RED
  • With A/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • 214 Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/RED
  • With A/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • 216 Cabriolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • With A/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/GREEN
  • 216 SLi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • 216 GSi – Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/RED
  • With A/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • 216 GSi – Automatic
  • Without A/C or with A/C without P.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/WHITE
  • With A/C and P.A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHITE/GREEN
  • 216 GTi (5 door) – Manual
  • Without A/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLUE
  • With A/C and ABS6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RED
  • 216 GTi (3 door) – Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLUE
  • 220 GTi and Coupe with sports suspension . . . . . . . . . . WHITE

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