Rear suspension - Rear strut assembly
Special
tool
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(b) Fix piston rod with a hexagonal wrench of 6mm, and remove
nuts.
(c) Remove bracket plate, washer, spring bracket, upper
separator, suspension pedestal, spring absorber and heli-
cal spring.
- [64000098]
Press in and pull out absorber piston rod, and check there is
abnormal resistance or abnormal sound.
If anything unusual occurs, please replace absorber.
Note: When abandoning absorber, please refer to
Page 97.
- Install rear left strut assembly [64000098].
(a) Compress helical spring with special tool.
Note: do not use pneumatic wrench, or the special
tool will be damaged.
(b) Install helical spring to absorber.
Hint: install lower end of helical spring into notch of
lower spring seat.
(c) Install spring absorber and suspension bracket.
(d) Encase upper separator into spring bracket.
(e) As shown in the diagram, it is the position of upper
separator encased into spring bracket.
(f) Install washer and bracket plate.
(g) Temporarily lock up new center nuts.
(h) Remove special tool.
(i) Check spring bracket direction again.
