Assembling Rear Spring Strut
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- Clamp the spring strut at a suitable place in the vice (use protective jaws).
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- Coil springs are only available in pairs (as a set).
- If the vibration damper is to be replaced, move the concave washer/height-adjusting nut to the same position as on the old vibration damper (copy the actual dimension -X-
to the new vibration damper).
Use special tool hook wrench 9647 for this purpose. Required for adjusting the vehicle height (dimension -X- ) and for subsequently tightening the lock nut (grooved nut).
Tighten lock nut (grooved nut) to 50 Nm (37 ftlb.) using a torque wrench.
- Fit components onto the piston rod or on the spring strut.
Place the lug of the spring-strut mount in the groove of the piston rod (twist lock of piston rod opposite the supporting mount).
Use new M12 x 1 lock nuts.
- Align (position) the spring-strut mount with respect to the vibration damper. -lug-
of spring-strut mount must line up with the middle fork of the lower vibration damper.
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- There is no need to counter at the piston rod because there is a strong grip between the spring-strut mount and piston rod.
- Tighten lock nut to 32 Nm (24 ftlb.). Counter at the bolts (M8) on the spring-strut mount at the same time.