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Chevrolet Niva: Corrections continue

At the beginning of the year, GM-Avtovaz announced the beginning of the production of the advanced Chevrolet Niva. In the spring, a serial batch of model came out. In early summer, the Kolesa.ru correspondent experienced an improved SUV of domestic origin.

Work on errors continues. Not so long ago, we visited the presentation of the restyled Shevy-Niva, turning on Bertone. And again, there was an occasion to recall the Chevy Niva modernization affected the suspension, steering and other problematic zones of the non -rests.

The most important improvements that reduce the level of noise and vibrations in the car’s salon, the jam-vazovites consider the use of cardan shafts with hinges of equal angular velocities and a handout with two-row bearings of the output of the shafts. The gearbox lever was also modernized, as a result of which the noise level in the frequency range 3 500-4 500 rpm was reduced in the cabin. However, to the level of comfort of the Japanese or Korean crossover, Shniva is still growing and growing. Fortunately, in her arsenal there are such undeniable advantages as price and cross -country ability.

As for the improvement of the smoothness of the course, controllability and driver's comfort, the process of assembling the front suspension and the design of the levers was improved Togliatti engineers. In general, these changes contribute to the growth of the rigidity of the axes of the suspension levers and slightly smooth out the longitudinal and transverse fluctuations of the body even when driving on uneven road surface.

There were no particular changes in the interior, except for the redesigned mechanism for the front seat belts: customers often complained about an overpriced effort and low relief efficiency. To correct the situation, engineers excluded teeth in the groove of earrings and a guide shaft in a seat belt coil. Helped.

At the same time, the list of functional improvements of the product can be called spring clamps (to eliminate leaks in the engine cooling system) and increasing the corrosion resistance of a number of key components. Also improved protection against rusting both the interior elements of the car fasteners and the details of the engineering space: the bar planes, the clutch cylinder, the housing of the steering hydraulic power steering mechanism. Often, customers received complaints about the corrosion of the wiper brushes, they also replaced the oxidation more tolerant of processes. How tolerant the time and a new list of work on errors carried out and the new list of Togliatti are shown
 

Author: Maxim Shesternin
Photo: Roman Ostanin


 

Source: Wheel magazine [June 2010]