Removal and installation
1. Remove the brake caliper without disconnecting the brake hose and hang it on the body (see chapter Brake system).
2. Give a nut and press out a cross steering draft by means of a stripper No. 32 1 190.
When installed on the mounting cone and in the hole, there must be no traces of grease; use a new self-locking nut.
3. Disconnect the anti-roll bar from the suspension strut, holding the mounting assembly from turning with a wrench. Remove the cable from the suspension strut mounting bracket.
When installing, use a new self-locking nut.
4. Remove the bolt, fit tool no. 31 2 200 into the slot and turn 90°. Leave the tool on the steering knuckle until installation.
When installing, the bolt must go into the hole in the plate (1).
5. Remove a cap of the top support of a rack of a suspension bracket. Disconnect the EDC connector if equipped. Give the top nuts of fastening of a rack.
6. Press down on the steering knuckle with the transverse suspension arm and suspension arm extension so that the strut can be removed from the wheel arch. Disconnect the strut from the steering knuckle.
Do not damage the wheel arch, the rack should be removed by two people.
Disassembly and assembly
It is not allowed to use an impulse screwdriver for compressing and unclenching special tool No. 31 3 341, as well as for unscrewing the bolts that fasten the upper strut support to the rod of the strut cylinder!
Strut Assembly Components
1 - Corrugated casing
2 — The top support of a rack
3 — the Top isolating lining of a spring
4 - Nut
5 - Cap
6 - Upper support stroke limiter
7 — a basic pillow of the shock-absorber
8 - Support washer
9 - Chipper
10 - Spring
11 — the Lower insulating lining of a spring
12 - Suspension strut
1. Clamp the sleeve (1) tool no. 31 3 141 in a vice. Locking pins (2) should lock into place with an audible click and a sense of momentum. Check attachments again (horns) № 31 352.
The functionality of the devices should be checked before each use. Do not use damaged attachments or modify them. Use only suitable lugs installed from the chamfer of tool no. 31 3 141.
2. Install the spring between the horns so that its lower end (1) was under the horn and was coaxial to its end (2), and between the horns there were 3 turns of the spring.
When compressed, the coils of the spring should fully enter the recesses of the horns. Compress the spring just until the force is removed from the upper suspension strut mount (not until the coils of the spring touch each other).
3. While holding the assembly from turning with a ring wrench, release the nut using special tool No. 31 2 210 or a 24 mm wrench.
It is allowed to give the nut only if both coils of the spring are completely in the recesses of the horns.
4. Remove the suspension strut.
5. When installing a new spring, decompress tool no. 31 3 341, remove the old spring and compress the new one in accordance with the requirements described in paragraph 2.
6. Check bellows, baffle and spring isolators and replace faulty parts if necessary.
7. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. The ends of the spring must match the stepped stampings of the plates. Use a new self-locking spring nut.
It is not allowed to unclench the device until the horns of the lower spring plate and the upper coil of the spring or the upper support of the rack touch. Otherwise, the tool or spring may be damaged. Unclench the device only until the compression force is removed from the coils of the spring.