- remove the rear wheels and disconnect the propeller shaft from the main gear pinion flange;
- disconnect the brake hydraulic hose from the steel tube installed on the bridge and take measures to prevent fluid leakage from the brake system (for example, they install threaded plugs);
- disconnect the rear parking brake cable bracket from the body, remove the front cable release spring and, having unscrewed the lock nut and adjusting nut, release the rear branch of the cable;
- disconnect the pressure regulator drive rod from the bracket on the bridge beam and disconnect the upper ends of the shock absorbers;
- having placed a hydraulic jack under the beam, disconnect the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets on the body and, having lowered the jack, remove the bridge. Then disconnect the shock absorbers and the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets of the rear axle beam.
The rear wheel suspension is installed in the reverse order of removal. In this case, springs of the same group should be installed on the suspension as on the front suspension. In exceptional cases, when springs of group A are installed on the front suspension (with yellow markings), and there is no such group of springs for the rear suspension, installation of group B springs on the rear suspension is allowed (with green marking).
To properly tighten the elastic bushings of the rod and shock absorber joints, load the rear of the car so that the distance from beam 3 to side member 1, measured 100 mm from bracket 2 of the crossbar (Fig. 121), is 125 mm. After this, tighten the nuts on the bolts securing the longitudinal and crossbars, as well as on the pins securing the shock absorbers to the axle beam and to the body, using a torque wrench.
