Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
To perform repair work on removing and installing the longitudinal strut of the front suspension, you will need a pit or overpass.
Removal
1. Remove the transverse suspension arm (see "Front suspension wishbone - removal and installation").
2. To return the previous steering axis tilt angle adjustment when installing the old longitudinal strut, count and record the number of adjusting washers located at the rear and front ends of the suspension longitudinal strut.
Warning: After replacing the front suspension strut, the steering axis caster angle will need to be adjusted (camber, toe-in) at the service center.
Helpful advice. When adjusting the camber and toe-in at a service center, the longitudinal tensioner will be removed again, so it is better to replace the tensioner there, at the same time as the adjustment.
3. Holding the tensioner from turning with a large 24 mm open-end wrench, a socket wrench of the same size with a long handle, unscrew the nut securing the front end of the longitudinal tensioner to the crossmember.
4. Remove the thrust washer from the strut and extract the front end of the strut from the crossmember silent block.
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5. Remove the adjusting washers from the tensioner.
Installation
We install the front suspension longitudinal strut and all removed parts on the car in the reverse order of removal.
The hole of the adjusting washer has a chamfer on one side. When installing the adjusting washers, the chamfer should be directed towards the bend of the longitudinal brace.
