Disassembly and Reassembly

Compress the coil spring with a strut spring compressor. Do not compress the spring more than necessary.
Loosen the lock nut.
Tightening torque:

58.8 ~ 78.8N.m(6.0 ~ 7.5kgf.m, 43.4 ~ 54.2lb-ft)
Disassemble the components of front strut assembly in sequence.
(Refer to FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY components)

Fig 1: Disassembled View Of Front Strut Assembly
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Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly.