Introduzione
Factory dampers should be checked after 50,000 miles to see if they need to be replaced. Whenever working on suspension components you should keep one side completely assembled as a reference.
Cosa ti serve
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Jack up the front of the car and place it on jack stands.
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Use an impact wrench or tire iron to remove the five 19 mm lug nuts from the front wheel.
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Pull the front wheel off the wheel lugs and set it aside.
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Remove the bottom two nuts with a breaker bar or long wrench.
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Place a breaker bar over the gold nut on the bottom of the control arm.
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Place an 18 mm box end wrench over the bolt on top of the control arm.
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Turn the breaker bar and the wrench in their respective counterclockwise directions to loosen and remove the third ball joint-to-control arm bolt.
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Open the hood and locate the three strut mounting bolts on the strut tower.
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Make an alignment mark on the shoe at the dimple in the top of the strut tower before removing the mounting nuts.
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Use a ratcheting socket wrench or impact wrench with a 13 mm deep socket to remove the three nuts.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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This is so helpful. When I did this for the first time a while back, it took me and a buddy almost 9 hours to complete it. Now that I'm changing the other side, I decided to see if there were any guides online and WOW THIS IS SO HELPFUL. YOU ARE AMAZING FOR DOING THIS!!!
You note years 86-93. I have an 84 244 Turbo that I want to swap front strut assembly from 90 240. Will this work?
thanks for the help you been most helpfull