Front shock absorber

Place the car on a lift.

Attention. Make sure that the color coding of the springs and shock absorbers of the car is identical to the marking of the spare parts.

Unlock the steering wheel.

Disconnect the wires from the battery terminals, starting with the negative terminal.

Remove the front wheels.

Disconnect the wheel speed sensor wire holder. Disconnect the wheel speed sensor.

Turn away bolts of fastening of directing blocks and suspend a brake to a body.

Loosen the bolts securing the shock absorber to the steering knuckle.




Detach the lower end of the shock absorber from the steering knuckle by pushing the steering knuckle. Hang the steering knuckle.

Loosen the fastening nuts (7) shock absorber strut to the cup using a hex and box wrench.



Remove the cup and shock absorber assembly with spring.

Select suitable cups and install them together with the spring compressor on the spring.

Compress the spring until it moves away from the cups.

Loosen the shock absorber rod nut using a hex wrench and a box wrench.

Separate from each other the parts that are part of the shock absorber strut assembly with the spring.

Secure the spring tool in a vise.

Note. To facilitate the installation of a new spring, observe the position and orientation of the spring and tool cups.

Install the spring into the cup groove.




Observe the order in which parts are installed.

Be sure to replace the shock absorber rod nut.

Torque tighten (62 Nm) shock absorber mounting nuts on the spring cup. Unload the spring.

Remove the spring compressor.



Install the remaining components in the reverse order of removal.

Attention. Secure the wheel speed sensor wires if they have been disconnected from the holder.

Do not kink the brake hose.

Torque tighten:

• tighten to the required torque (44 Nm) a nut of fastening of a shock-absorber rack to a body;
• bolts of fastening of a shock-absorber rack to a rotary fist (105 Nm);
• wheel bolts (105 Nm).