NOTE: The covers for the right and left rods are removed and installed in the same way.
1. Raise and support the front of the vehicle on the side of the boot to be replaced. Remove the wheel.
WARNING: Park the vehicle and place wheel chocks under the rear wheels («shoes»),
2. Remove the tie rod end (see «Replacing the outer tie rod end»).
3. Remove the tip locknut from the rod.
NOTE: For clarity, this and subsequent operations are shown with the steering gear removed.
4. Loosen the outer collar of the thrust boot, squeezing its bent ears, and remove the collar from the boot.
5. Loosen the lock of the inner collar of the thrust cover with side cutters...
6.... and remove the cover from the steering gear housing by sliding the cover along the rod.
7. Carefully inspect the protective cover. If traces of tears, cuts and small cracks are found on its surface or in the folds of the corrugated part, the cover must be replaced.
8. Install the protective cover in the reverse order of removal.
9. Before installing the protective cover, be sure to apply new grease to the working surface of the spherical joint of the steering rod.
10. Establish new collars of fastening of a protective cover.
11. In order to maintain the alignment of the wheels as much as possible, when assembling, screw the steering tip onto the steering rod, completing as many turns as they were counted when unscrewing (see «Replacing the outer tie rod end»).
12. Check and, if necessary, adjust the angles of the front wheels at a service station with special equipment.