Preliminary work and notes on assembly

WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.

NOTE:

If the coil springs are exchanged, it might be necessary to use a different spring plate than before.

The following spring plates (compensation parts) are available:

Allocation of the spring plate according to the coil spring tolerance group (see DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF COIL SPRINGS AND DAMPERS ).

SPRING PLATES SPECIFICATIONS

1 green line	= 6.5 mm thick compensation part.
1 white line	= 3.0 mm thick compensation part.

Fig 1: Identifying Spring Plate Thickness

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Press spring plate No. 6 (compensation part) into the assembly consisting of mount No. 5 and back-up ring No. 5a and complete with the spring strut mount No. 3.

Fig 2: Pressing Spring Plate Into Assembly
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Fit protective bellows on additional spring.
Observe the correct allocation (running gear version) when installing new springs and/or dampers.
Tension coil spring with spring clamp.