Required tools: Wire brush WD-40 spray
Copper grease Drive socket # 16 Combination spanner #16
Wheel impact socket #17 Ratchet wrench Torque wrench
Vice Shock absorber socket
Hydraulic transmission jack Wheel chock
1. Raise the rear 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. Unscrew the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a combination spanner #16.
Use a drive socket #16. Use a ratchet wrench.
5. Support the rear suspension beam. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
6. Remove the fastening bolt.
7. Remove the mounting from under the rear axle beam.
AUTODOC recommends: Lower the hydraulic transmission jack smoothly, without jerks, to avoid damaging assemblies and mechanisms.
8. Unscrew the upper fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #16. Use a ratchet wrench.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injuries, hold the shock absorber when undoing the fastening bolts.
9. Remove the shock absorber.
10. Grip the shock absorber in a vice.
11. Clean the shock absorber rod fastener. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
12. Remove the shock absorber piston rod fastening. Use a drive socket #16. Use a ratchet wrench.
13. Remove the shock absorber mount, boot and bump stop.
AUTODOC recommends: Examine the shock absorber dust cap and the bump stop. Replace them if necessary.
Before installing a new shock absorber you should pump it manually 3-5 times.
14. Install the mount, boot and bump stop onto a new shock absorber.
15. Screw the shock strut piston rod upper fastening. Use a drive socket #16.
Use a shock absorber socket. Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 25 Nm torque.
16. Clean the shock absorber mounting seats. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
17. Treat the shock absorber mounting seats. Use copper grease.
18. Release the vice and take out the shock absorber.
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. Screw the upper fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #16.
AUTODOC recommends: Install the shock absorber mount using the center hole as a guide.
21. Support the rear suspension beam. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
22. Install the fastening bolt.
23. Tighten the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a combination spanner #16.
Use a drive socket #16. Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 40 Nm torque.
24. Remove the mounting from under the rear axle beam.
AUTODOC recommends: Lower the hydraulic transmission jack smoothly,
without jerks, to avoid damaging assemblies and mechanisms.
25. Tighten the top shock absorber fastening. Use a drive socket #16.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 30 Nm torque.
26. Treat the shock absorber fasteners. Use copper grease.
27. Clean the wheel rim mounting seat. Use a wire brush.
28. Treat the surface where the brake disc contacts the wheel rim. Use copper grease.
29. 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.
30. Lower the car and working in a cross order, tighten the wheel bolts. Use wheel impact socket #17.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 120 nm torque.