DACIA SOLENZA 2004 Repair Manual

GENERAL
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30Brake connections and ducts
The connection between the brake ducts and the brake pump, brake calipers, pressure limiter
is performed by means of the connections threaded with metric pitch.
P ARTS IDENTIFICATION
The cupping shape of the steel ducts (A )
The shape of the threaded lengths on parts ( B)
Connections of ducts (C)
A
B
C
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GENERAL
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30Brake fluid
PERIODIC CHANGE OF THE BREAK FLUID
The m anufacturing conception of t he brakes equipping t he Dacia vehicles especially the
ventilated disk brake, enable the maximum diminishing of the fluid vaporization, even in case of
intensive using of brakes (mountain area), due to good disk cooling.
The brake fluids, suffer in all cases a slight degradations during the use, by a slight humidity
absorption, that makes necessary the complete replacement after a period of time or after some
driving (4 years or 60,000 driven km)
COMPLETION OF THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL
The wear of brakes pads and shoes, leads to a gradually diminution of brake fluid level in its
reservoir. It is useless to compensate this diminution, because the level will be restored when changing
the brake pads and shoes.
Obviously , in the meantime, the level of brake fluid in reservoir must not go down bellow the
MINI mark.
HOMOLOGATED BRAKE FLUIDS
The mixture in t he braking circuit of two non different brake fluids may leads to important
risks mainly due to gasket damage, incompatible with new fluid.
In order t o a void such risks, it is obligatory to use only bra ke fl uid re commended by the
producer, i.e. : SAEJ 1703, DOT 4.
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GENERAL
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30Braking system purging
The air existence in the hydraulic circuit may be noticed by an elastic displacement of the brake
pedal, sometimes even, close to the floor. This fact is more evident with the engine running.
GENERAL RE COM M E NDATIONS
· Always use for completion or total changing the brake fluid SAE J 1703 , DOT 4.
· In case of changing the brake fluid it is necessary to wash the system with industrial alcohol.
· During the purging, the brake fluid from the reservoir must not go down bellow the MINIM
level marked on the reservoir.
To perform the purging, one person will stay on the driver place, to press the brake pedal and
the other one will perform t he purging at purging points, using a 500 ml vessel, a tra nsparent
plastic tube and brake fluid for completion.
REMARK:
The brake fluid obtaine4d during performing the purging operation IS NOT TO BE
REUSED, but after 48 hours, to avoid air bubbles introduction in the hydraulic circuit.
PR OCED UR E
Place on the purging screw, a transparent tube with its end in a vessel with brake fluid a nd
proceed as follows : - press the brake pedal slowly;
- dismount the bleeding screw, maintaining the full stroke of the pedal;
- tighten the bleeding screw;
- slowly release the brake pedal.
Repeat the same procedure until complete cease of bubbles.
Pr oceed in the same way also for the other purging places.
T ake into consideration the existence all the time of the brake fluid in the reservoir.
OBSERVATION : Before beginning the purging procedure, dismount the I.C.P. contact
from the brake pump that it will be remounted at the end of the operation, brake pedal released.
It is important to observe the following sequence of the purging points:
1.Main brake cylinder;
2. Left rear wheel brake cylinder;
3. Right rear wheel brake cylinder ;
4. Caliper of front right wheel ;
5. Caliper of front left wheel;
6. By-pass circuit through main cylinder purge.
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GENERAL
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30Braking system purging
OPERATING CONDITIONS
The vehicle is on ground, in rear axle half-loaded position.
CHECKING THE BRAKE SYSTEM SEALING
The vehicle will be idle running.
After purging the front and rear circuits, check if the level of brake fluid in reservoir is within
the MIN I and MAXI marks. Press the brake pedal and maintain it constant for 30 s, during this
time the pedal shall not change its place.
In case leaking is occurring, check by visual inspection all the elements of the braking system,
eliminate leaking and restart a.m. operations.
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The influence of angles
The influence of different angles over the road behavior, stability and abnormal wear preventing
of the vehicles tires.
CAMBER
The exit from the tolerance field of the left or right wheel camber, may have as result:
- tires external or internal edge wear (excessive positive or negative camber);
- steerin g is deviating towards the camber angle is more pronounced (asymmetry ), a deviation
from the trajectory is taking place, which must be corrected by means of the steering wheel (the
pronounced wear on the tire in question is occurring);
CASTER
A larger difference of 1° between the right side caster and left side, may have as result:
- a deviation from the trajectory, which must be corrected by means of the steering wheel, the
abnormal tires wear (the pronounced wear on the tire in question is occurring), tough steering,
instability when turning.
PA R ALLELISM
This adjustment has little importance over the vehicle road behavior.
Anyhow, note the followings:
-a prominent closing may lead to tires external edges wear.
-a prominent opening may lead to tires interior edges wear.
DIMENSIONS UNDER CARRIAGE BODY
These are especially influencing the different angles of the steering geometry.
A vehicle, which has run a large amount of km, it will have under the carriage body, dimension s
smaller than a new vehicle. This is the reason why some vehicle manufacturers, are prescribing, when the checking is
done with empty vehicle, different under carriage body dimensions and their respective places
where these values must be taken. Other vehicle manufacturers are recommending the suspension
compression by means of special (specific) tools or loading repartition in different places.
These different procedures (as performing ways) have as final purpose, the cancellation of the
vehicle suspension lowering, which has driven an important number of Km, compared with its
initial condition.
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30Angles checking principle
PRELIMINARY CHECKING
Before starting the steering angles checking, it will be necessary to check the following points
and exclude the possible non-conformities.
1. Tires and rims checking, regarding: - type and dimension;
- inflating pressure;
- wear de gree.
2. Joints : - elastic bearings and bushings condition;
- ball joints clearance;
- bearing clearance;
- steering wheel column clearance.
3. Tires runout and axial runout (compensation is to be performed by means of the reading
instruments);
4. Dimensions symmetry under carriage body (suspension condition).
5. Manufacturer’s method : each vehicle manufactu rer is prescribing the checking conditions,
loading repartition on axles, under carriage body dimensions presentation.
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GENERAL
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30Front axles checking and adjustment
THE SEQUENCE OF THE OPERATIONS
Due to the geometric c onception of the front axle, the modification of one of one-side
angles (camber, ball joint, parallelism) has no major impact on the val ue of other side
angles (caster being the one with higher i nfluence). The modifi cation of t hese angles does not occur during ve hicle exploitation, but only as a
consequence of a vehicle accident.
In order to check the front axle angles, it is important to observe the following sequence: - placing the vehicle on rotating plates;
- braked vehicle;
- suspension checking for placing the vehicle at its free height;
- ensuring that front wheels are such disposed for straight line driving;
- attachment of the optical devices on the vehicle, observing the manufacturer instructions.
RE PARTITION CHECKING AND ADJUSTMENT
Check the “X” dimension symmetry of the
connecting rods.
Reading of the “A” value on the scale.
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30Front axles checking and adjustment
C ase 1. The symmetry dimension “X” is correct - the value “A” is equaled distributed on
both sides.
Case 2 . The symmetry dimension “X” is incorrect - read the value “A” on each side, adds
it, and calculate the average value, establishing the value for each side.
Example :
Right side value : A = 16
Left side value : A = 10
16 + 10 = 26; 26 : 2 = 13
O perate the steeri ng rods tie bar, restoring the same value for both sides: A = 13.
In this position, lock the rotating plates at zero point;
Check in the following sequence:
- caster angle;
- ball joint angle;
- camber angle;
-p arallelism.
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Three situations may appear:
1. CORRECT I NCORRE CTPerform the same rotations number of the tie rod
connecting rod on left side and on the right side until
obtaining the same value ”A”.
2. INCORRECTCORRECTAdjust the parallelism at the same value for left and
right side ensuring the same value “A” on both sides.
3. INCORRECTINCORRE CTPerform first the repartition in order to balance the
value “A” on each side, than adjust the parallelism
(see Case 2}.
NR. PARALLELISM REPARTITION CORRECTION WH ICH MUST PERFORMED
CRT.
PARALLELISM ADJUSTMENT
Loosen the lock nut (1) maintaining the tie
rod of steeri ng connecting rod (2) in a fi xed
position.
Act upon the tie rod of steering connecting
rod taking into account its rotation sense, in
order to obtain the convergence or divergence
and also the fact that one of its complete rotation
leads to an axial displacement of 1.5 mm.
After obtaining the correct parallelism, tighten
the lock nut to the required moment of 5 daNm.
2
1
F ront axles checking and adjustment
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30Front axles checking and adjustment
THE DEVIATION TO THE LEFT OR TO RIGHT
AT STABLE SPEED
Perform the preliminary checking:
Wheels (front, rear ) : Joints clearance:
- pressure - bushings
- dimensions
- types Checking points heights:
- balancing - symmetry
a.m. conditions
are respected
Correct the faults
The deviation persists
Checking finished
Check the fr ont axle st eering ge ometry
The deviation persists
NO
YES
NO
YES
YES
Check the rear axle
p arallelism and the alignmentA
Checking finished
NO
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