Disassembly and assembly instructions: Disassembly

CAUTION: Danger of injury due to spring tensioning!

NOTE:

Observe the correct allocation (running gear version) when installing new springs and/or dampers!
It is recommended to replace the coil springs only in pairs!
If the coil springs are exchanged, it might be necessary to use a different spring plate than before!

Tension the coil spring with the spring clamp until the piston rod is relieved

Fig 1: Compressing Coil Spring
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To undo the connection (piston rod to spring strut mount) counter at the piston rod with a 7 mm open-ended wrench.
Remove all parts from the piston rod.
Replace nut for fastening the piston rod on the spring strut mount.
Preliminary work and notes on assembly: The following spring plates (compensation parts) are available:

Allocation of the spring plate according to the coil spring tolerance group.

1 green line = 4.0 mm thick compensation part (colored black)

1 white line = 0.5 mm thick compensation part (natural color)

Fig 2: Identifying Allocation Of The Spring Plate
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Press intermediate part (compensation part -4- ) into the spring plate -5- in the correct position (not twisted) and complete with the mount -3- . See Fig 3 .

Fig 3: Pressing Intermediate Part Into Spring Plate
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NOTE: In the correct position means: None of the 7 cutouts -A- must be free on the spring plate -5- . See Fig 3 .
Fit protective bellows on additional spring.