31 31 000 Removing And Installing Complete Front Left Or Right Spring Strut (AWD)
Only one nut may ever be released for marking.
Remove front wheel.
Release collar nut; to do so, press brake pedal to floor.
Installation:
Replace collar nut, apply a light coating of oil to contact surface and tighten down.
No oil permitted on thread of shaft journal or collar nut.
Tightening torque 31 21 2AZ .
Secure collar nut by peening on flat areas of output shaft.
Remove brake disk.
Remove tie rod end from swivel bearing.
Remove tension strut from guide joint.
Remove control arm from swivel bearing.
Remove stabilizer link from spring strut.
Turn swivel bearing to one side.
Press output shaft out of drive flange and tie up.
Remove pulse generator from swivel bearing and remove line from bracket on spring strut.
Centering pin missing: Make position of studs in relation to wheel arch.
Secure spring strut against falling out.
Unscrew nuts.
Remove spring strut with swivel bearing downwards out of wheel arch.
Installation:
Clean contact surface in spring strut dome.
Replace faulty sealing washer for spring strut support bearing (corrosion protection).
Align spring strut using centering pin to bore in wheel arch or studs to wheel arch and push upwards.
Replace self-locking nuts.
Tightening torque 31 31 1AZ .
After installation:
- Carry out wheel alignment check if a spring strut with support bearing was or has been installed without centering pin.