OEM Jeep Patriot Steering Knuckle

Jeep Patriot Steering Knuckle Parts and Q&A

• Knuckle, Front Passenger Side
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  Q:

  How to Remove a Steering Knuckle on Jeep Patriot?

  A:

  Before you remove the steering knuckle, lift and support the vehicle, unbolt the wheel mounting nuts and set the tire and wheel assembly aside. After that, pull out the cotter pin holding the hub nut in place and while the brakes are applied, remove and set aside the hub nut and the washer from the axle half shaft. Take out the front Brake Rotor and unclip the wheel speed sensor cable from the knuckle. Once you remove the screw under it, pull the sensor head out from the knuckle. Take off the nut that links the tie rod's end and the end of the outer knuckle, while supporting the tie rod end stud with a wrench and rotating the nut loose with a standard or crowfoot wrench. First, use Remover, Special Tool 9360, to remove the outer tie rod end from the knuckle and then remove the outer tie rod. Remove the nut and bolt clamping the ball joint stud to the knuckle so that you do not rotate the bolts that secure the strut to the knuckle. While the bolt heads stay in place, take out the nuts from both bolts holding the strut to the knuckle and then pry out the remaining bolts with a pin punch. Remove the ball joint stud from the knuckle without hurting the ball joint seal by prying the lower Control Arm up at the ball joint boss on the knuckle. Let the inner C/V joint drop down when the half shaft is well supported; after removing the knuckle from the outer C/V joint splines, take the knuckle out of the vehicle.
• Knuckle, Front Driver Side
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  Q:

  How to Install a Steering Knuckle on Jeep Patriot?

  A:

  The steering knuckle must be slid onto the splines of the halfshaft outer C/V joint before you tighten everything down. Secure the knuckle to the ball joint stud by placing the knuckle hole into the groove on the ball joint stud. Install the new ball joint stud pinch bolt and nut and tighten the nut to 82 Nm. Each bolt in the strut to knuckle attachment is serrated, so it should stay still while a nut is installed. Set the lower end of the strut assembly where the upper end of the knuckle will be and then place and tighten the two mounting bolts. After installing the nuts on the bolts, turn them to 84 Nm by holding the bolts with your hand. Slide the tie rod ball stud into the knuckle arm, begin threading the nut onto the stud and adjust the nut so that it's tightened to 132 Nm. Set the wheel speed sensor head into the knuckle, secure it there with the 12-Nm tightened screw and attach the routing clip in place for the wheel speed sensor cable. Set the Brake Rotor, disc Brake Caliper and adapter in place, followed by cleaning the outer C/V joints threads. Fit the halfshaft into the transmission and put in the washer and hub nut, tightening it only slightly. After the helper stops the hubs, tighten the hub nut to 245 Nm. Go through the notches in the nut and the hole in the halfshaft with the cotter pin, tighten the nut, align the notches and wind the cotter pin ends around the lock nut. Place the tire and wheel assembly on, use the torque wrench to tighten the wheel mounting nuts to 135 Nm and guide the vehicle to lift and lower itself. No further wheel alignment is usually necessary if the initial knuckle is being reinstalled because of Net-Build, though you should align them if the situation calls for it.