Manual Steering

Steering Wheel Effort Inspection
1. On level ground, jack up the front of the vehicle and support it on safety stands.
2. Turn the steering wheel fully to the left and right at least 5 times.
3. Move the steering wheel to put the wheels in the straight ahead position.
4. Attach a pull scale to the outermost point of the steering wheel spoke. Then, starting with the wheels in the straight-ahead position, measure the effort required to turn the steering wheel to the left and to the right.
^ If not as specified, inspect the following: rotation starting torque of pinion, rotation torque of each ball joint, and steering joints.

Steering wheel effort 5 - 29 N (0.5 - 3.0 kgf, 1.2 - 6.6 lbs.) (during one turn of steering wheel)