13.7.1. Removing and installing leaf springs
- Place the rear of the car on stands and place a roller jack under the center of the rear axle. Remove the wheel.
- Unscrew the shock absorber mount from the rear axle.
- Loosen the handbrake cable clamp.
- Using a socket, unscrew the spring bracket nuts and remove the spring plate and rubber inserts. Carefully knock out the bracket bolts without damaging their threads.
- Raise the rear axle with a jack until it is free of the springs and remove the parts located above the spring.
- Remove the nuts and washers securing the spring bars from the rear of the spring, knock out the pin and lower the spring until it rests on the axle. Be careful! After removing the pin, the spring may fall.
- Release the spring pin from the other end of the spring. The pin should turn from the inside, since the nut on the outside is secured against turning.
- Assistant hold the spring and knock out the spring pin. Pull out the spring.
- Individual leaf springs cannot be removed, i.e. if one leaf breaks, the entire spring must be replaced. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. When hammering in the bracket bolts, do not damage their threads. If they cannot be inserted into the holes, the pin can be clamped in a vice and straightened or compressed slightly using a piece of pipe. The front spring pins and bracket suspension must be tightened when the car is on the ground. Rock the car several times to settle the springs before tightening the nuts of the bracket bolts, shock absorber with the tightening torques specified in the table of sizes and adjustments (from the bottom side), front spring pins and two spring bar suspension nuts. Tighten the wheel nuts.
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