Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
According to the length under the standard load, springs are divided into two groups: A - "long" and B - "short". Group A springs are marked with yellow paint, group B - green. Springs of one group must be installed on the car. Springs are replaced in pairs if there is shrinkage, deformation or crack of at least one of them.
To complete the job, you will need spring compression clamps.
Warning: Use only reliable factory-made tie rods to compress the spring and strictly follow the tie rod manufacturer's instructions. The suspension spring is very strong. If the spring breaks off the tie rods, serious injury may occur.
Removal
1. Prepare the vehicle for operations (see "Preparing a car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the front wheel (see "Wheel - replacement").
3. Remove the shock absorber (see "Front Suspension Shock Absorber - Replacement").
4. Loosen the two nuts securing the lower suspension arm to the axle (see "Rubber-metal hinges of lower arms - replacement on the car").
5. Disconnect the stabilizer cushion clip and remove the cushion (see "Anti-roll bar cushions and rods - replacement").
6. Press out the lower ball joint pin from the steering knuckle (see "Ball joints - replacement").
7. Place the jack under the lower arm without loading the suspension and unscrew the pin mounting nut.
8. Carefully unload the suspension (lowering the jack) and at the same time, using a mounting blade, we move the stabilizer through the upper mounting pin of its bracket.
9. Remove the jack.
10. Using a mounting blade, pry the spring from below and remove it from the support cup of the lower arm.
11. Remove the spring and the insulating rubber gasket from the upper support cup.
Installation
1. Before installing the spring, attach the upper rubber gasket to it with insulating tape, ensuring that the end of the screw surface of the gasket coincides with the end of the spring coil. Install two ties on the spring, without hooking them onto the last coils, and tighten the spring to a height of no more than 280 mm.
2. Install the spring on the support cup of the lower arm and orient the spring so that its end coincides with the screw surface of the support cup of the arm.
3. Place the jack under the lower arm and lift it, making sure that the rubber gasket is installed on the upper support cup.
4. Raise the lever with a jack and direct the pin of the lower ball joint into the hole in the steering knuckle.
5. Tighten the self-locking nut securing the pin by 4-5 turns.
We loosen the clamps and remove them through the technological hole in the lower arm.
6. Raising the lever, press in the lower ball joint pin and tighten the self-locking nut.
7. Install the remaining parts in the reverse order of their removal.
8. Having installed the car on the wheels, finally tighten the nuts securing the lower suspension arm to its axle and securing the stabilizer cushion clip.
9. Replace the second spring in the same way.