Removing Spring Strut Locking Devices

Information 

• The wheels need not be removed! 

1. Lift the vehicle (wheels on the front axle must be free).

   > 4X00IN LIFTING THE VEHICLE 

2. Pull down the bellows at both ends of the pre-fitted red plastic tab -arrow-  .
3. Unclip the 3  lock blocks -1-  from the piston rod one after the other.

   The upper lock block is obscured by the spring strut mount and is therefore quite easy to miss. 

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   Removing spring strut locking devices

4. Remove the red plastic tab from the piston rod.
5. Push the bellows back up by hand.
6. Lower the vehicle.