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
Rear suspension installation diagram
1 – body side member; 2 – crossbar bracket; 3 – rear axle beam; X = 125 mm
Removal
1. Raise the rear of the vehicle and support it on stands.
2. Remove the rear wheels.
3. Disconnect the propeller shaft from the main gear pinion flange.
4. Disconnect the brake hydraulic hose from the steel tube installed on the bridge and take measures to prevent fluid leakage from the brake system.
5. 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.
6. 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.
Disassembly
1. Remove the shock absorbers from the brackets on the axle beam.
2. Disconnect the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets on the bridge beam.
Installation
1. The rear suspension is installed in the reverse order of removal.
2. In this case, install class A springs on the suspension (with yellow markings). In exceptional cases, when there are no springs of this class, the installation of class B springs is permitted (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 car so that the distance from the axle beam to the body side member, measured at 100 mm from the crossbar bracket (see fig. Rear suspension installation diagram), was 125 mm, 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, using a torque wrench.
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