Shock-absorbers and screw springs have colour marks. Always establish a spring with corresponding marks.

Gazonapolnennye shock-absorbers are established on all cars. Shock-absorbers can be replaced separately from other parts of a suspension bracket.

Spring or shock-absorber replacement procedure:

Fig. 288. The screw spring is compressed by adaptation VW1752/5 for compression of springs. The way of removal of a nut is shown

- Compress a spring of a suspension bracket the adaptation which should take up all effort of a spring. There are some variants of the adaptation for the spring compression, one of them is shown on fig. 288. If for spring compression are used скобы reel up on them not less than 4-5 coils of a wire;

- Remove a nut in the centre of the top support of fastening of a rack. As the piston rod thus can rotate, insert into the end of a rod of the piston шестигранник 7 mm and, keeping a piston rod, turn away a nut a wrench;

- Remove the top support амортизаторной racks and take the bearing located under it;

- Remove a screw spring. If you do not plan to change a spring the tension adaptation leave on it;

- Remove a protective cover and take the rubber buffer;

Fig. 287. An amortizatornaja rack: 1 — the shock-absorber; 2 — the rubber buffer; 3 — a protective cover; 4 — a screw spring; 5 — the top basic cup of a spring; 6 — the persistent bearing; 7 — a nut, 60 Н·м; 8 — a nut, 60 Н·м; 9 — the rubber buffer; 10 — a nut, 60 Н·м

- Check up quality of work of the shock-absorber. For this purpose insert the bottom end of the shock-absorber into a vice and extend a piston rod, and then again it insert. Resistance should be identical during all piston stroke of the shock-absorber. Assemblage is carried out in return sequence concerning dismantling process. Establish the removed details (fig. 287 see). Special attention turn on correctness of installation of the basic bearing. Also pay attention to correctness of installation of the end of coils of a spring which should adjoin to the terminator in the bottom basic cup of a spring (the marksman on амортизаторной to a rack). Keeping шестигранником a piston rod in a motionless condition, tighten a nut of fastening of a rack the moment 60 Н·м.