Steering
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- Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer 200/400 Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer Workshop Manual
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- General data › Steering
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
Parts & tools for this job For Rover Coupé, Cabriolet & Tourer
- TOOLTie rod end toolSearch: tie rod end puller
- TOOLBall joint separatorSearch: ball joint separator
- FLUIDPower steering fluidSearch: Rover power steering fluid
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