Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Rear suspension parts
1 – lower longitudinal bar; 2 – rubber bushing; 3 – bracket for fastening the lower longitudinal rod to the body; 4 – spacer sleeve; 5 – upper longitudinal bar; 6 – additional compression stroke buffer; 7 – spring; 8 – upper spring cup; 9 – compression stroke buffer; 10 – Upper spring insulating gasket; 11 – shock absorber; 12 – lower spring insulating gasket; 13 – crossbar
Removal
1. Raise the rear of the vehicle and place it on stands. Remove the rear wheels.
2. Disconnect the propeller shaft from the main gear pinion flange.
3. Disconnect the brake hydraulic hose from the steel tube installed on the bridge and take measures to prevent fluid leakage from the brake system.
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4. 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 cable branch. Disconnect the rear brake pressure regulator drive rod from the bracket on the axle beam. Disconnect the upper ends of the shock absorbers.
5. Place a hydraulic jack under the rear axle beam. Disconnect the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets on the body, lower the jack and remove the axle.
6. Proceed to disassemble the suspension:
- remove the shock absorbers from the brackets on the bridge beam;
- disconnect the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets on the bridge beam.
Rear suspension installation diagram
1 – body side member; 2 - crossbar bracket; 3 – rear axle beam; X = 125 mm
Installation
1. The rear suspension is installed in the reverse order of removal.
2. In this case, install springs of the same class on the suspension as on the front suspension. In exceptional cases, when class A springs are installed on the front suspension (with yellow markings), and there are no springs of this class for the rear suspension, it is allowed to install class B springs on the rear suspension (with green marking).
3. To prevent damage and excessive tightening of the elastic bushings of the rod joints and shock absorbers:
- load the rear of the vehicle so that the distance from the axle beam to the body side member, measured 100 mm from the cross member bracket, is 125 mm;
- use a torque wrench to tighten the nuts on the bolts securing the longitudinal and transverse rods, as well as on the pins securing the shock absorbers to the axle beam and to the body.