23.7. Spring of a forward suspension bracket
Removal
Prevention
At removal of a spring of a forward suspension bracket it is necessary to use the special tool capable to squeeze and hold in the compressed state a spring of a forward suspension bracket in the course of removal. Removal of a spring without special tool for compression of a spring can lead to injuries.
| PERFORMANCE ORDER |
| 1. Tighten the parking brake, then lift a forward part of the car and record on supports. Remove the corresponding forward wheel. |
| 2. Using special adaptation, squeeze a spring so that it departed from the top basic plate. When using the special tool for compression of springs you watch that rounds of a spring were reliably taken, and you make compression of a spring from the opposite sides. The spring has very big effort of compression therefore use only very reliable tool. Do not connect a spring by a wire at all. |
| 3. Support by a jack through wooden whetstone the lower lever of a forward suspension bracket. |
| 4. Unscrew the nuts fixing the top support of the shock-absorber to a car body. |
| 5. Being careful, a jack lower the lower lever of a forward suspension bracket so that it was possible to take a cylindrical spring with the top basic cup. |
| 6. Check a condition of a cylindrical spring and the top basic plate for signs of wear, damages and corrosion and, if necessary, replace them. |
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Installation
| PERFORMANCE ORDER |
| 1. Clear the lower basic cup of a spring, then install the top basic plate on a spring and insert a spring into place. |
| 2. Turn a cylindrical spring so that its lower end correctly settled down in the lower nest of a spring. Install the top basic cup of a spring under fastening and, being careful, a jack lift the lower lever in such situation that the top support of the shock-absorber was established into place. |
| 3. Check correctness of an arrangement of a spring, then screw new nuts of fastening of the top support of the shock-absorber and tighten them the required moment. |
| 4. Take a jack from under the lower lever of a forward suspension bracket, then, being careful, release the device for compression of a spring and repeatedly check that the spring is correctly placed in nests. |
| 5. Establish a wheel, then lower the car on the earth and tighten bolts of fastening of a wheel the required moment. |
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