Contents: Removal ↳ Installation ↳
Removal the rear suspension spring
1 – brake hose mounting brackets, 2 – lower shock absorber mount, 3 – rear axle beam mount to body, 4 – lever pivot axis
Removal
1. Remove the rear wheel cover and loosen the wheel nuts.
2. Raise and secure the rear of the vehicle and remove the corresponding rear wheel.
3. Remove the brake drum (see subsection 10.3).
4. Using a spanner, unscrew the four housing mounting bolts (5, see Fig. Rear suspension) wheel hub bearings by rotating the rear wheel hub so that its holes are located on the continuation of the axis of the individual hub bearing housing mounting bolts.
5. Remove the plastic casing of the outer drive joint of the axle shaft from inside the supporting brake disc after lifting the clamping rings on the bolt heads with a screwdriver and unscrewing the casing mounting bolts.
6. Remove the entire axle shaft through the rear brake backplate, keeping it straight and holding it so that it does not hang down.
7. Remove the U-shaped retainer and remove the brake hose (without disconnecting it) from the holder under the bottom near the wheel.
8. Place a jack under the suspension arm and raise the arm so that the entire load is on the suspension spring.
9. Unscrew the lower shock absorber mount (Berlin body) or remove the shock absorber (combi body).
10. Unscrew the bolts securing the rear axle beam to the body on the corresponding side after bending back the safety gasket and unscrewing the bolt securing the metal-rubber bushing (8, see Fig. Rear suspension), as well as two bolts securing this bushing to the body.
11. Carefully lower the lever down.
12. Remove the suspension spring together with the rubber support cup.
Installation
1. Install the spring together with the rubber support cup on the suspension arm shoulder.
2. Raise the jack to place the spring in the appropriate position.
Attention! In cars with a station wagon body, a shock absorber should be installed simultaneously with the spring.
3. Attach the metal-rubber bushing of the rear axle beam to the body, tightening its mounting bolts to the appropriate torques.
4. Install the lower shock absorber mount (in station wagons) and the brake hose connection on the body support and secure it.
5. Remove the jack.
6. Install the half shaft with the wheel hub. Attach the wheel hub to the suspension arm with four new bolts, tightening them to the appropriate torque.
7. Install the plastic cover of the outer drive joint of the axle shaft from the inside of the supporting brake shield.
8. Install the brake drum.
9. Install the wheel, tighten the wheel nuts, lower the vehicle and tighten the wheel nuts to the appropriate torque.