Overhaul

Strut and Spring Assembly









Disassembly and Assembly

NOTICE: Suspension fasteners are critical parts because they affect performance of vital components and systems and their failure may result in major service expense. New parts must be installed with the same part numbers or equivalent part, if replacement is necessary. Do not use a replacement part of lesser quality or substitute design. Torque values must be used as specified during reassembly to make sure of correct retention of these parts.

1. WARNING: Always wear eye protection when servicing a vehicle. Failure to follow this instruction may result in serious personal injury.

NOTE: Do not use an impact wrench on the strut rod nut.

Mount the strut and spring assembly in a suitable spring compressor.

2. Compress the coil spring enough to relieve the tension on the strut assembly.

3. Remove and discard the strut rod nut.
- To assemble, tighten the new nut to 103 Nm (76 lb-ft).

4. Remove the strut.

5. Remove the lower coil spring insulator.

6. Remove the coil spring.

7. Remove the upper coil spring insulator.

8. NOTE: During assembly, assemble the bearing plate to the strut so the arrow on the bearing plate points to the outboard side of the vehicle when the strut is installed.

Remove the bearing plate.

9. Remove the bearing.

10. Remove the strut upper bushing.

11. Remove the dust boot and the bumper.

12. To assemble, reverse the disassembly procedure.