Installing Spring Strut
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Information
- Always check the parts visually before installation.
- Replace brake calliper fastening screws.
- Do not grease screwed connections in Dacromet finish - aluminum color!
- Observe correct tightening torques.
- Install in reverse order.
- Insert spring strut into vehicle. Before tightening the fastening nuts, adjust spring strut mount in accordance with the applied marking (position of the three fastening nuts).
Then double-check that the support ring is still positioned correctly on the spring strut mount → Fig 1 . The cut-outs in the support ring must be positioned between the collars of the three fastening bolts -Arrows- . Re-establish the correct position if necessary.
- Insert parking-brake cable into the deflector box and into the clip at the rear wall.
- Engage brake cable sideways into the turnbuckle → INSTALLING BRAKE CABLES
. Fit floor in oddments tray of the center console.
The handbrake does not have to be adjusted (self-adjusting).
- Fit brake calliper and holder for brake line/brake hose at the wheel carrier.
- Connect and clip in all electric plugs.