Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Removal
1. Mark the direction of rotation of the wheel with an arrow on the sidewall of the tire and loosen the wheel bolts.
2. Jack up the rear of the car, place it on jack stands and, after unscrewing the mounting bolts, remove the rear wheel.
3. Attach a suitable clamp 3 to the spring, grasping at least three turns of the spring with its handles (see illustration).
Attention! In workshops, to remove the rear suspension spring, use the VAG 1752/1 clamp with VAG 1752/3a clamping handles and VAG 1752/9 extension (see 2 in illustration 10.3). For Touran vehicles, the HAZET 4900-2A clamp can be used with the HAZET 4900-10 clamping handles without extension.
Caution! When compressing the spring, make sure that the spring coils fit tightly into the clamping handles 1 of the clamp (see illustration 10.3).
4. Compress the spring enough to remove it, then remove it along with the clamp from the wheel arch.
5. Slowly release the spring together with the upper and lower support cups.
Installation
Attention! When replacing the suspension spring, both should be replaced, following the color marks. Both springs should be from the same manufacturer.
6. Insert the spring into the clamp and compress it.
7. Install the lower support cup on the spring so that the end of its lower coil rests against the protrusion on the cup (see arrow in illustration).
8. Install the compressed spring together with the lower cup in place. In this case, the cup stop should be inserted into the hole on the transverse lever 1 (see arrow in illustration).
9. Place the upper support cup onto the spring.
10. Slowly release the installed spring. Be careful not to damage the protective varnish layer of the spring.
11. Install the rear wheel in accordance with the marks made during removal.
12. Screw in the wheel bolts and lower the car onto its wheels.
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13. Tighten the wheel bolts in a criss-cross pattern to a torque of 120 Nm.
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