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00 - General, Technical data
Suspension, Wheels, Brakes, Steering
Technical data
Steering
Brakes
Wheels, tires
40 - Front suspension
Front Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle
Front suspension, servicing (Base suspension)
Sub-frame, stabilizer bar and control arm (Base suspension)
Ball joint, checking (Base and Plus suspension)
Reworking cap nut in side member (Base and Plus suspension)
Wheel bearing, suspension strut and drive shaft, removing and installing (Base
running gear)
Front suspension strut, servicing (Base and Plus suspension)
Front suspension, servicing (Plus suspension)
Sub-frame, stabilizer bar and control arm, removing and installing (Plus
suspension)
Ball joint, removing and installing (Plus running gear)
Wheel bearing and suspension strut, removing and installing (Plus suspension)
Drive shaft, removing and installing (Plus running gear)
Drive shaft, repairing
Outer constant velocity joint, checking
Inner constant velocity joint, checking
Drive shaft with tripod joint, repairing
Drive axle with triple-rotor joint, removing and installing
Drive axle with triple-rotor joint, servicing
Triple-rotor joint, disassembling
Triple-rotor joint, assembling
42 - Rear suspension
Rear Wheel Suspension, Shafts and Axle
Rear axle, servicing (vehicles with front wheel drive)
Reworking cap nut in side member (front wheel drive vehicles)
Suspension strut, disassembling and assembling (front wheel drive vehicles)
Wheel bearings, servicing
Drum brakes (front wheel drive vehicles), wheel bearings, servicing
Wheel bearings, servicing - disc brakes (front wheel drive vehicles)
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Rear drive shafts, servicing
Reworking cap nut in side member (four wheel drive vehicles)
Suspension strut, disassembling and assembling (four wheel drive
vehicles)
Wheel bearings, servicing - disc brakes (four wheel drive vehicles)
44 - Wheels, Tires, Wheel alignment
Vehicle alignment
Test requirements:
Vehicle alignment specifications (front wheel drive vehicles)
Vehicle alignment specifications (four wheel drive vehicles)
Front wheel camber, adjusting
Calculating the direction of travel:
45 - Anti-lock brake system
Anti-locking Brake System (ABS) and Anti-locking Brake System with
Electronic Differential Lock (ABS/EDL) Teves 04
Notes for repair work on ABS, ABS/EDL
Control module, removing and installing
Wheel speed sensor and rotor for speed sensor, removing and installing
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) and ABS with Electronic Differential Lock
(ABS/EDL), Teves 20 GI
Safety precautions
ABS, ABS/EDL hydraulic unit, vacuum brake booster and brake master
cylinder (Teves 20 GI), servicing
ABS hydraulic unit and ABS control module (Teves 20 GI), removing and
installing
Brake hydraulic system, bleeding and filling
Assembly overview - hydraulic unit, brake servo/brake master cylinder
Hydraulic unit, removing and installing
Brake Pedal Position Sensor, removing and installing
46 - Brakes - Mechanical components
Front brakes, servicing (Girling caliper)
Brake pads, removing and installing
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Rear Wheel
Suspension, Shafts
and Axle
Rear axle, servicing
(vehicles with front wheel
drive)
Note: The rear axle and wheel
bearings are identical on
Base and Plus suspension
versions. Welding and straightening
of the axle beam is not
permissible.
1 - Wheel bolt 110 Nm (81
ft lb)
2 - Self-locking hex nut, 70 Nm (52 ft lb) When tightening the
nut the axle beam
must be in the
horizontal position
(unladened vehicle
state)
3 - Hex bolt, 25 Nm (18 ft
lb)
4 - Suspension strut Removing and
installing Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 Disassembling and
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Repair Manual, Body Exterior, Interior, Repair Group 70.
Repair Manual, Body Exterior, Interior, Repair Group 68.
Inertia reel bolt (arrow) tightening torque: 40 Nm (30 ft
lb) Fig. 1 Suspension strut at body, removing and installing
- Removing and installing inertia reel cover - Removing and installing inertia reel Remove and install both securing bolts (arrows) from
interior of vehicle (viewed through rear left side
window).
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Suspension strut is attached to the body by 4
retaining lugs in addition to the bolts. To remove, turn
suspension strut until retaining lugs are positioned
above the cut-outs. Fig. 3 Suspension strut, removing and
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Suspension strut,
disassembling and
assembling (front wheel
drive vehicles)
1 - Cap Pry out with
screwdriver Pressing on Fig. 4 2 - O-ring
3 - Self-locking hex nut, 25 Nm (18 ft lb)
4 - Dished washer
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7 - Suspension strut
bearing Always replace foam
gasket Welded nuts must be
located in the spring
seat recesses Align welded nuts and
cap to shock absorber
lower bushing Fig. 3 8 - Spacer tube
9 - Lower rubber
mounting
10 - Metal cap Higher on Wagon than
Sedan
11 - Washer
12 - Spring seat Thinner on Wagon
than Sedan Installation position
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Fig. 3 Suspension strut mounting to shock
absorber bushing, aligning
A - Shock absorber bushing axis B - Suspension strut mounting axis "a" 50 C - Cap axis 90 offset to shock absorber bushing
axis -A-. Fig. 4 Cap in suspension strut mounting,
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