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Removing and installing front spring strut: Removal

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  1. Raise vehicle. Remove front wheel.
  2. Loosen stabilizer mount at stabilizer (counter with open-ended wrench).
  3. Loosen track rod and control arm at wheel carriers and press off the ball joints with special tool 9560. When loosening fastening nuts, counter with special tool 9546 (Torx screwdriver) at the ball-joint bolts.
    Fig 1: Loosening Track Rod And Control Arm At Wheel Carriers
    G03103214Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  4. Disconnect plug connection at wheel carriers and pull out plugs. Loosen plug connection at wheel carriers and unclip the electrical cables at spring strut.
  5. Loosen holder for brake line/brake hose at wheel carrier. Loosen brake caliper from wheel carrier and attach in wheel arch.
  6. Loosen fastening nuts (3 ea. M8) at spring-strut mount. Before doing this, mark the installed position of the spring strut mount (position of the three collar nuts). Draw out spring strut with wheel carrier.
    Fig 2: Loosening Fastening Nuts At Spring-Strut Mount
    G03103215Courtesy of PORSCHE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
  7. Loosen clamped connection between spring strut/wheel carrier (ball joint from stabilizer mount). Counter with open-ended wrench. Draw out spring strut from wheel carrier.
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