Required tools: Wire brush WD-40 spray
Copper grease Drive socket # 14 Drive socket # 15
Drive socket # 18 Drive socket # 21
Combination spanner #14 Combination spanner #18
Combination spanner #21 Wheel impact socket #17
Ratchet wrench Torque wrench
Tap wrench Vice
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. Support the arm. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
4. Unscrew the fastener connecting the control arm to the rear knuckle.
Use a combination spanner #18. Use a drive socket #18. Use a ratchet wrench.
5. 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.
6. Remove the spring.
7. Unscrew the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #21. Use a tap wrench.
8. Unscrew the upper fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #15. Use a ratchet wrench.
AUTODOC recommends: To avoid injuries, hold the shock absorber when undoing the fastening bolts.
9. Remove the shock absorber.
10. Clean the shock absorber rod fastener. Use a wire brush. Use WD-40 spray.
11. Grip the shock absorber in a vice.
12. Remove the shock absorber piston rod fastening. Use a combination spanner #14.
13. Remove the shock absorber mount, boot and bump stop.
AUTODOC recommends: Τhoroughly examine the shock absorber mount, dust boot, 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. Fix the shock absorber mount. Use a combination spanner #14. Use a drive socket #14.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 25 Nm torque.
16. Release the vice and take out the shock absorber.
17. 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.
18. Tighten the shock absorber mount fasteners. Use a drive socket #15.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 50 Nm + 45° Nm torque.
19. Clean the shock absorber fasteners. Use WD-40 spray.
20. Tighten the lower fastener of the shock absorber. Use a drive socket #21.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 180 Nm torque.
21. Install the spring.
22. Support the arm. Use a hydraulic transmission jack.
23. Tighten the fasteners connecting the control arm to the rear knuckle.
Use a combination spanner #18. Use a drive socket #18.
Use a torque wrench. Tighten it to 90 Nm + 90° Nm torque.
24. Remove the support from under the rear arm.
AUTODOC recommends: Lower the hydraulic transmission jack smoothly,
without jerks, to avoid damaging assemblies and mechanisms.
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.