Withdrawal
1. Remove the front wheel.
2. Separate the brake hose bracket and ABS sensor connector from the front suspension strut.
5. Turn away nuts, get bolts of fastening of a rack to a rotary fist and get a rack from under a wing of the car.
Disassembly
1. Use a flathead screwdriver to remove the dust cap.
Attention! Gas escaping from the shock absorber is safe, but care must be taken to avoid injury from flying chips.
Examination
1. Check the strut top bearing for wear or damage.
2. Check rubber parts for damage or deterioration.
3. Check the coil spring for deflection and loss of elasticity.
4. Check the shock absorber as follows:
- a. grab the shock absorber rod with your hand and push and pull it out of the shock absorber several times;
- b. check that the stem moves smoothly, without jamming, and the force applied to the stem does not change with each stroke;
- c. make sure that there are no extraneous noises when moving the rod.
4. Fully extend the damper rod and install the upper spring seat and strut seat.
Note. Align the D-shaped hole in the upper spring seat with the flat on the damper rod.
5. Correctly position the top and bottom ends of the coil spring into the recesses and install the self-locking nut, but do not fully tighten it.
6. Remove the spring compressor.
7. Tighten the self-locking nut to the correct torque.
Tightening torque: 60–70 Nm
8. Lubricate the upper suspension strut bearing and install the dust cap.
Attention! Make sure that the lubricant does not get on the rubber parts of the strut support.
Recommended lubricant: NGLI No.0
Installation
1. When installing the front suspension strut, make sure that you have previously cleaned the mating surfaces from foreign objects.
2. Attach the brake hose and ABS sensor wire to the strut.
3. Tighten all threaded connections to the required torque.
Torque:
- Nut of fastening of the top support of a rack of a forward suspension bracket: 20–30 N·m
- Nuts of bolts of fastening of a rotary fist to a rack: 110–130 Nm