Contents: Removal ↳ Installation ↳
Warning: If suspension or steering fasteners are lost or loosened, they must be replaced with new ones; do not reuse them. Fasteners are replaced with new ones of the same quality and marking.
Removal
1. Open the trunk and remove the side inclined panel on the corresponding side. Loosen, but do not remove, the three nuts securing the pillar to the body cup (see figure).
2. Loosen the wheel support nuts, lift the rear of the car, securely install it on stands. Block the front wheels, remove the rear ones.
3. Disconnect the stabilizer bar and its connecting element. Then unscrew the stabilizer bushing bracket from the floor (section 10).
4. After unscrewing the bolt, remove the lower support bracket of the brake pressure control valve from the lever (see chapter 9).
5. Unscrew the brake hose bolts from the bracket on the strut (see figure).
6. To provide additional clearance in the brake lines, unscrew the bolt securing the lines to the frame (see figure).
7. Loosen, but do not remove, the lock bolt between the shaft and the strut.
8. Unscrew the nut securing the reaction rod to the knuckle, remove the washer and rubber bushings (section 14), then move the strut/knuckle assembly back enough to clear the torque rod from the knuckle.
9. Unscrew the knuckle and strut clamp bolt.
10. Using a screwdriver, slightly spread the tie to loosen the connection between the strut and the knuckle (see figure 8.9).
11. Using a hammer and punch, carefully knock (remove) the shaft from the strut (see figure). If it jams, lubricate the joint of the knuckle and strut with oil with good penetrating ability. Do not hit or bend the brake system line.
12. Unscrew the three upper mounting nuts from inside the luggage compartment, disconnect the strut from the knuckle, remove the strut assembly from the vehicle.
Installation
13. Guide the shock absorber and coil spring assembly into the wheel opening by inserting the three support pins into the holes in the shock absorber column. Position the lower part (bottom) of the strut on the knuckle so that it does not fall, then hand tighten the three nuts.
14. Pull down, aligning the ear on the back of the strut with the groove of the tie rod on the knuckle, and insert the strut into the knuckle (see illustration). Install the tie rod bolt, but do not tighten it.
15. Pull the strut back and insert the torque rod into the knuckle. Install the rubber bushings, washer and nut, tightening it to the required tightening torque.
16. Tighten the pinch bolt between the knuckle and the strut to the required tightening torque.
17. Connect the brake line bracket to the frame by tightening the bolt securely.
18. Connect the other brake hose bracket to the support bracket on the strut, tighten the bolt securely.
19. Insert the stabilizer link into the rod, place the stabilizer bracket on the floor panel, tighten the bolt securely.
20. Install the stabilizer bar connecting element bushings, washer and nut. Tighten the nut properly.
21. Install the wheel, tighten the nuts, lower the car. Tighten the nuts to the required tightening torque.
22. Tighten the three upper mounting nuts to the specified torque and install the side panel in the luggage compartment.
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