Removal
1. Remove the rear wheels.
2. Remove the cover of the speaker speaker (Zx door).
- Sedan only: Remove the trunk side panel.
3. Remove the two flange nuts.
4. Remove the flange bolt on the shock absorber.
5. Remove the flange bolt that attaches the lower arm to the trailing arm.
6. Lower the rear suspension and remove the shock absorber.
Disassembly
1. Install the shock absorber onto the spring remover, securing the bottom of the shock absorber and easily install the retainer and bolts.
2. Install the suspension mounting plate onto the spring remover.
3. Attach the spring extractor with shock absorber to a vice, then securely tighten the shock absorber retainer bolts.
Attention. Do not over-tighten the bolts.
4. Mark the shock body and spring puller retainer with paint as shown.
5. Mark the mounting plate and post mounting base with paint as shown.
6. Compress the shock absorber 2-3 cm while tightening the nuts of the device.
Note: Turn each nut gradually and evenly.
7. Hold the shock absorber rod with a hex wrench and remove the self-locking nut.
8. Loosen the compressor nuts, then remove the suspension mounting plate.
9. Disassembling the shock absorber on the next page.
Assembly
1. Install the shock absorber assembly onto the spring puller, aligning the marks on the shock absorber body and the spring remover retainer.
Note: If installing a new shock absorber, mark it the same as the old one.
2. Assemble the shock absorber in the reverse order of disassembly, with the exception of the shock absorber mounting washer and the self-locking nut.
Note: Align the bottom of the shock absorber spring with the bottom spring plate.
3. Install the mounting plate onto the shock absorber with the hole so that the mark on the plate faces the painted thread.
4. Position the post mount base, aligning the marks on the base and mount plate.
5. Apply oil to the seating surfaces of the puller nuts and the threaded part of the spring puller.
6. Compress the shock absorber spring by tightening the puller nuts.
Note: Tighten each nut gradually and evenly.
7. Install the shock absorber mounting washer, then loosely install the new self-locking nut.
8. Hold the shock absorber rod with a hex wrench and tighten the self-locking nut.
9. Remove the shock absorber from the spring remover.
Installation
1. Lower the rear suspension and position the shock absorber with the spring stop toward the left side of the vehicle.
2. Loosely install the two flange nuts.
3. Loosely install the two flange bolts.
4. Raise the rear suspension with a jack until the vehicle is raised from a safe stand.
Warning. The jack must be positioned securely to avoid injury to persons
5. Tighten the flange bolts.
6. Tighten the two flange nuts on the top of the shock absorber to the rated torque.
7. Check the position of the rear wheels and adjust if necessary.