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FRONT SUSPENSION (STRUT) - Inspection / Assembly Note

R-14prose procedure
Continued from R-13

Inspection

Shock absorber

Check the following and replace if necessary.

Shock absorber inspection

  1. 1
    Inspect for damage and oil leakage.
    Two illustrations of the shock absorber held vertically with a handle on the piston rod, arrows showing the piston compressed and expanded to check operational force.
  2. 2
    Secure a handle to the piston rod, and compress and expand the shock piston at least three times. Verify that the operational force does not change and that there is no unusual noise.

Assembly Note

Coil spring / Mounting block

When using SST (49 G034 1A0)

  1. 1
    Secure the shock absorber in a vise.
  2. 2
    Install the coil spring, fitting the end of the coil into the step of the lower seat.
    Detail of the lower spring seat showing the STEP OF THE LOWER SEAT and the END OF THE COIL fitting into it.
  3. 3
    Compress the coil spring by using the SSTs.
    Coil spring compressed on SST 49 G034 1A0 with parts labelled 49 G034 103, 49 G034 102, 49 G034 101.
  4. 4
    Install the bound stopper.
  5. 5
    Apply the rubber lubricant to the bound stopper and the upper spring seat contact surfaces.
  6. 6
    Install the dust cover.
  7. 7
    Install the rubber spring seat. Install the upper spring seat, facing the direction indicator as shown in the figure.
    Mounting block top view (showing DIRECTION INDICATOR and LOWER BRACKET PART) above an assembly illustration of the shock absorber in SST 49 G034 1A0 with parts 49 G034 103, 49 G034 102, 49 G034 101 and LOWER BRACKET PART labelled. Shows orientation of the direction indicator.
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