Disassembly and Assembly
Strut and Spring AssemblyDisassembly and Assembly
1. Remove the strut and spring assembly.
2. WARNING: Always wear safety goggles when using a spring compressor. Failure to follow these instructions may result in personal injury.
Mount the assembly in a suitable holding fixture and use a suitable spring compressor to compress the front coil spring.
3. Remove the strut piston rod nut.
4. Disassemble the strut and spring assembly.
1 Remove the metal sheet plate.
2 Remove the upper strut mount.
3 Remove the thrust bearing plate.
4 Remove the thrust bearing.
5 Remove the upper spring seat.
6 Remove the upper spring seat isolator.
7 Remove the spring.
8 Remove the dust boot.
9 Remove the rubber bump stopper.
10 Remove the lower spring seat.
5. NOTE: New fasteners must be used when old fasteners are loosened and/or removed.
NOTE: Make sure that an alignment procedure is carried out any time the strut and spring assembly or the front shock absorber mounting bracket bolts are loosened.
NOTE: Be sure the spring is correctly seated in the insulator.
To assemble, reverse the disassembly procedure.