Required tools: Wire brush WD-40 spray Copper grease
Combination spanner #17 Drive socket # 18 Drive socket # 21 Wheel impact socket #17
Ratchet wrench Torque wrench Tap wrench
Crow bar Vice Hydraulic transmission jack Wheel chock
1. Raise the front of the car and secure on supports.
2. Unscrew the wheel bolts. Use wheel impact socket #17.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injury, hold up the wheel when unscrewing the bolts.
3. Clean the shock absorber fasteners. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
4. Support the arm. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
5. Unscrew the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #21.
Use a ratchet wrench. Use a tap wrench.
AUTODOC recommends: If necessary, remove the rubber bush of the shock absorber. Use a crowbar.
6. Unscrew the upper fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #18. Use a tap wrench.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injuries, hold the shock absorber when undoing the fastening bolts.
7. Lower the hydraulic transmission jack by 10-15 cm.
AUTODOC recommends: Lower the hydraulic transmission jack smoothly, without jerks, to avoid damaging assemblies and mechanisms.
8. Remove the shock absorber.
9. Grip the shock absorber in a vice.
10. Clean the shock absorber rod fastener. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
11. Remove the shock absorber piston rod fastening. Use a combination spanner #17.
12. Remove the shock absorber upper mount.
13. Release the vice and take out the shock absorber.
14. Before installing a new shock absorber you should pump it manually 3-5 times.
15. Install the shock absorber upper mount.
16. Clean the shock absorber rod. Use WD-40 spray.
17. Screw the shock strut piston rod upper fastening. Use a combination spanner #17.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 45 Nm torque.
AUTODOC recommends: Check to make sure the spring is positioned correctly. Avoid its misalignment.
18. Clean the shock absorber mounting seats. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
19. Place the shock absorber in the wheel arch and secure it.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injury, hold the shock absorber cautiously tight when screwing in the fastening bolts.
20. Tighten the top shock absorber fastening. Use a drive socket #18. Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 52 Nm torque.
21. Support the arm. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
22. Tighten the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #21.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 80 Nm torque.
23. Remove the support from under the arm.
AUTODOC recommends: Lower the hydraulic transmission jack smoothly, without jerks, to avoid damaging assemblies and mechanisms.
24. Treat the shock absorber fasteners. Use copper grease.
25. Clean the wheel rim mounting seat. Use a wire brush. Treat the contacting surface. Use copper grease.
26. Screw in the wheel bolts. Use wheel impact socket #17.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injury, hold up the wheel when screwing in the fastening bolts.
27. Lower the car and working in a cross order, tighten the wheel bolts.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 120 Nm torque.