Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
Removal
Place the vehicle on a two-post lift.
Attention! Make sure that the color marking of the springs and shock absorbers of the car is identical to the marking of the spare parts.
Unlock the steering wheel.
Disconnect the wires from the battery terminals, starting with the negative terminal.
Remove the front wheels.
Disconnect the wheel speed sensor wire bracket.
Disconnect the wheel speed sensor.
Loosen the brake shoe guide mounting bolts and hang the brake on the body.
Fig. 4.24. Unscrewing the shock absorber strut mounting bolts: 1 – brake shoe guide mounting bolts; 2 – shock absorber strut mounting bolts
Unscrew the bolts securing the shock absorber strut to the steering knuckle (Fig. 4.24).
Disconnect the lower end of the shock absorber strut from the steering knuckle by pressing on the latter.
Hang the steering knuckle.
Fig. 4.25. Unscrewing the nut securing the shock absorber strut to the cup: 1 - cup
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Unscrew the nut securing the shock absorber strut to the cup using a hex key and an open-end wrench (Fig. 4.25).
Remove the cup and shock absorber strut assembly with the spring.
Select the appropriate cups and install them along with the spring compressor onto the spring.
Compress the spring until it comes away from the cups.
Fig. 4.26. Unscrewing the shock absorber rod mounting nut
Loosen the shock absorber rod nut using a hex key and open-end wrench (Fig. 4.26).
Separate the parts that make up the "shock absorber strut assembly with spring" unit.
Installation
Clamp the spring fixture in a vice.
Fig. 4.27. Correct installation orientation of the shock absorber spring
Note: To facilitate installation of the new spring, observe the position and orientation of the spring and the cups of the device (Fig. 4.27).
Fig. 4.28. Installing the spring
Install the spring into the groove of the cup (Fig. 4.28).
Fig. 4.29. Sequence of installation of shock absorber strut parts
Observe the order of installation of parts (Fig. 4.29).
Be sure to replace the shock absorber rod nut.
Fig. 4.30. Installing a new shock absorber rod nut
Tighten the shock absorber strut mounting nut to the spring cup to the required torque of 62 N·m (Fig. 4.30).
Unload the spring.
Remove the spring compressor.
The installation of the remaining components is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Caution: Secure the wheel speed sensor wires if they have been disconnected from the bracket.
Caution: Do not twist the brake hose.
Tighten to the specified torque:
- shock absorber strut mounting nut to the body (44 Nm);
- shock absorber strut to steering knuckle mounting bolts (105 Nm);
- wheel bolts (105 Nm).