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REMOVING-REFITTING WISHBONE
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1. Place the vehicle on ramps and slacken
3 the bolts securing the wheel in question.
2. Raise the ramps and remove the wheel.
3. Undo the bolts securing the anti-roll bar
to the wishbone and remove it from the
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4. Undo the bolts securing the wishbone
and remove it from the vehicle. When re-
fitting, bolts A (which secures the front of
the wishbone to the subframe), Band C
(" (which secure the rear of the wishbone to
the subframe) must be tightened to the
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page 11).
REMOVING-REFITTING STUB AXLE
Carry out operations 1 and 2 described
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5. Relieve the staking on the hub nut and re-
move it.

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1. Undo the bolts securing the brake caliper
assembly to the stub axle, and remove the
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2. Undo the two bolts indicated and remove
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3. Undo the nut securing the steering track
rod to the stub axle.
4. Remove the steering track rod from the
I vertical link using tool 1847035000.
5. Undo the socket-headed screw (arrowed)
and remove the phonic wheel sensor.

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1. Undo the bolts securing the stub axle to

the damper.
2. Undo and remove the bolt securing the
stub axle to the wishbone.
3-4. Undo the hub nut, then remove the stub
axle assembly from the vehicle. During re-
fitting, the hub nut must be replaced with
a new nut, tightened to the specified
torque and staked as shown in the figure.
5. Dismantle the wheet flange from the stub
axle using tools 1847017001 and
1847017004.

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Front suspension

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1.. Removethe balljoint dust excluder shield

by undoing the bolt indicated.
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BEARING
2. Remove the circlip retaining the bearing
outer race.
3. Remove the bearing from the vertical link
using a press as shown in the figure. To fit
the bearing, use tool 1874372000

REMOVING - REFITTING ANTI-ROLL BAR

Raise the vehicle on ramps.

4. Disconnect the first section of the exhaust
pipe from the exhaust manifold.
5. Disconnect the first section of the exhaust
pipe from the catalytic converter.

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Front suspension

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1. Remove the mounting flange by undoing

the bolts indicated, then remove the first
section of the exhaust pipe from the vehi-
cle.
2. Undo the bolts securing the anti-roll bar
to the steering subframe on the driver's
side.
3. Undo the bolts securing the anti-roll bar
to the steering subframe on the passenger
side.
4. Remove the anti-roll bar from the vehicle.
If the rubber buffers show signs of wear,
they should be replaced.
REMOVING-REFITTING STEERING
SUBFRAME
Place the vehicle on ramps and undo the
bolts securing the front wheels.
5. Undo the bolts securing the earth cable to
the engine.

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1. Secure the bracket (made by the operator)

as shown in the figure, using the two bolts
indicated.
2. Position the tool 1860851000 in the en-
gine compartment as in the figure.
3. Hook the strut of the tool 1860851 000 to
the bracket just fitted.

Raise the vehicle and remove both front

wheels, then carry out operations 3, 4 and 5
described on page 4.
4. Undo the bolts indicated and remove the
engine mounting on the gearbox side.
5. Undo the bolt indicated which secures the
shaped bracket to the body shell. Carry
out the procedure on both sides.

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/ 1. Undo the bolts securing the subframe to
the body shell, working from both sides of
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2. Undo the bolt indicated, carrying out the

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When refitting, the bolts must be tight-
ened to the specified torque.
3. Place the hydraulic jack under the sub-
fraf1)e, then undo the two bolts shown in
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4. Slowly lower the hydraulic jack and re-
move the complete subframe from the ve-
hicle.
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Front suspension

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REMOVING - REFITTING DAMPER

Place the vehicle on ramps and slacken the

bolts on the wheel in question.

1. Remove the rubber cover.

2. Slacken the nut securing the damper to
the top mounting.
3. Undo the bolts securing the top of the
spring-damper assembly to the body shell.
4. Raise the vehicle and remove the wheel.
5. Release the electrical wiring and brake
pipes from the damper.
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Front suspension

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1. Undo the bolts indicated and remove the

damper from the stub axle.
2. Withdraw the two plastic pins indicated.
3. Remove the spring-damper assembly from
the vehicle.
4. Fit the spring-damper assembly on the
pneumatic tool 1874555000 in order to
dismantle the spring.
5. Remove the nut securing the damper to
the upper mounting.

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1 Remove the coil spring from the damper.

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2. During refitting, the rubber mounting

must be orientated in relation to the de-
sired caster of the vehicle.
Left mounting for vehicles with caster of
3°30' (*).
(*). With vehicle in running order, tyres
inflated to the specified pressures
and fuel tank full.

TIGHTENING DAMPERNUTTO
CORRECT TORQUE

3. When tool 1854015000 is fitted to the

torque wrench, the nominal tightening
torque will change and will become the
result of the following formula:

torque wrench x nominal tightening

length (A) torque (C)

torque wrench tool length

+
length (A) (B)
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Front suspension

TIGHTENING WISHBONE BOLTS TO

CORRECTTORQUE

The bolts securing the wishbone must be

tightened to the correct torque with the
wishbone in the position of theoretical de-
sign load. The wheels will therefore have to
be fitted to the vehicle, and the vehicle
placed on ramps.
The theoretical design load conditions are
obtained by ballasting the car as appropriate
until the distance between the maximum
point of curvature of the front bumper and
the ground (passing through the centre of
the wheel) is 631 mm.
This operation is essential to ensure correct
operation. of the front suspension, and to
avoid premature damage to the rubber bush-
es on the wishbone.

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Front suspension assembly

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Rear suspension

REMOVING-REFITTING WHEEL HUB

1. Place the vehicle on ramps and slacken

the bolts on the wheel in question.
2. Raise the vehicle and remove the wheel,
then undo the hub nut using a wrench.
3. Release the handbrake cable from the
brake caliper as shown in the figure.
4. Undo the socket-headed bolts (arrowed)
and remove the brake caliper assembly.
5. Remove the hub cap using tool
1847014000.

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Rear suspension

1. Undo the wheel centring bolts (arrowed)

and remove the brake disc from the vehicle.
2. Relieve the staking on the hub nut and re-
move the nut. During refitting, the nut must
be replaced and tightened to the specified
torque; for correct staking of the nut, see
page 3, figure 4.
3. Remove the wheel hub from the vehicle.

REMOVING-REFITTING WISHBONE
Carry out the operations described for remov-
ing-refitting the hub, except for 4 on page 12.

4. Disengage the handbrake cable sheath

from the mounting (arrowed) located on
the wishbone.
5. Undo the bolts (arrowed) from both sides
of the vehicle and remove the anti-roll bar.
During refitting, bolt A and bolts B must
be tightened to the specified torque.

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Rear suspension

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1. Remove the brake pipe retaining clip

shown in the figure.
2. Disconnect the brake hose from the rigid
pipe, and block off the end to avoid dis-
charging the system.
3. Cut away the clip (arrowed) to release the
rigid pipe from the wishbone.
4. Undo the two socket-headed bolts (ar-
rowed) and remove the brake caliper as-
sembly.
5. Undo the bolt indicated and remove the
phonic wheel sensor.
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Rear suspension

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1. Undo the bolt (arrowed) and remove the

brake disc shield.
2. Undo the bolt (arrowed) and release the
phonic wheel sensor cable.
3. Undo the bolt (arrowed) and remove the
mounting bracket for the phonic wheel
and handbrake cable.
4. Undo the bolt (arrowed) and remove the
shaped bracket from the wishbone.
5. Position the hydraulic jack as illustrated in
th~ figure, and undo the two bolts indicat-
ed in order to be able to remove the
damper from the vehicle.
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the correct torque, in operation 5, see
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Rear suspension

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- Lower the hydraulic jack and withdraw
the coil spring, then undo the bolt indicat-
" ed and remove the wishbone from the ve-
hicle. When refitting, the bolt must be
tightened to the specified torque.
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Carry out operations 1 and 2 described on

page 12.
2. Position the hydraulic jack as shown in
the figure.
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3. Undo the bolts indicated.
4. Remove the damper from the vehicle.

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, 1 The damper bolts must be tightened to the
correct torque, with the damper in the de-
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sign load position. Then fit the wheel and
place the vehicle on ramps.

The theoretical design load conditions are

obtained by suitably ballasting the vehicle
until the distance between the maximum
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and the ground (passing through the
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centre of the wheel is 617 mm.

This operation is essential to ensure cor-

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to avoid premature
damper's rubber bushes.
damage to the

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REMOVING-REFITTING ANTI-
ROLL BAR
Place the vehicle on ramps and raise it.
2. Undo the bolts (arrowed), carrying out
this operation on both sides of the car.
When refitting, bolt A must be tightened
to a torque of 5.6 daNm and bolts B to a
torque of 3 daNm.
3. Remove the anti-roll bar from the vehicle.

REMOVING-REFITTING COMPLETE
REARSUSPENSION
4. Place the car on ramps and slacken both
bolts securing the rear wheels.

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