Removal and installation of the transverse lever and coil springs

The coil spring is located between the transverse arm and cross member. Therefore, their removal and installation is performed simultaneously. Compress the coiled spring with a suitable tie before releasing the transverse arm connection.

The following operations are carried out on vehicles equipped with two-link levers (side levers), issued before December 1997. For vehicles manufactured after this time, skip the instructions for attaching the side arm to the wheel bearing support.

Remove the transverse lever and coil springs as follows:

- Loosen the wheel nuts, raise the front of the car and remove the front wheels;

- compress the coil spring with suitable clamping hooks so that it is free between its saddles;



Pic. 219. Attaching the anti-roll bar to the rear side of the transverse arm

- place the jack under the frame cross member (aside), turn away shown by an arrow on fig. 219 anti-roll bar link nut, remove link from above;



Pic. 220. Cross arm mounting (A) and side lever (IN) to the hub


- release the cross member and the side transverse levers from the mounting on the wheel hub support. On fig. 220 shows the mounting of the suspension arms.

- Press the transverse lever down and remove the coil spring;

- unscrew the transverse lever from the inside from the frame cross member and remove (pay attention to the eccentric head of the bolt and the eccentric washer located on the other side), mark the position of the bolt head and washer before loosening.

Before assembly, all rubber suspension mounts should only be installed when the vehicle with wheels is on the ground.

Install the transverse lever in the following order:

- install the transverse lever on the frame cross member, install the eccentric washer and the bolt head according to the marks made earlier, tighten the nut to a torque of 85 Nm;

- place a compressed coil spring on the transverse arm and raise the trailing arm to a height where it can be attached to the hub (pic. 220, A);

- connect shown in fig. 220, into the side arms, tighten the nut to 120 Nm;

- Connect draft of the stabilizer of cross stability according to fig. 219 and tighten the nut to 35 Nm.

- unscrew the coupler and lower the car to the ground, then install the rubber support elements (for this, the car must be installed with the back on the overpass), check the installation of the rear wheels;

- tighten the wheel nuts to 85 Nm.