Shock absorbers
- Make
- Fiat
- Model
- Punto (176) Factory Service Manual
- Year
- 1993–1999
- Section
- Wheels ('97 range) › Shock absorbers
00 Introduction and technical dataShock absorbers
Front suspension independent, Mac Pherson type with track control arms connected by two flexible bushes to a cross member.
Offset coil springs and double acting hydraulic shock absorbers.
For-life joints.
Stabilizer bar - Rubber buffers.
| ELX | Sporting | Cabrio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter of wire | mm | 11,5±0,1 | 12,9±0,1 | 11,5±0,1 |
| Number of turns | 4,25 | 3,25 | 4,25 | |
| Direction of coil | clockwise | |||
| Height of spring released | mm | 380 (389*) | 310 | 389 (399*) |
| Height of spring under a load of: | 275 ± 10 daN mm | 210,5 | - | - |
| 290 ± 10 daN mm | (210,5*) | - | 210,5 | |
| 300 ± 10 daN mm | - | 195,5 | - | |
| 322 ± 10 daN mm | - | - | (200*) | |
| The springs are subdivided into two categories, identifiable by a mark | ||||
| yellow (1) for those under a load of: | 275 daN height of mm | >210,5 | - | - |
| 290 daN height of mm | (>210,5*) | - | (>210,5*) | |
| 300 daN height of mm | - | >195,5 | - | |
| 322 daN height of mm | - | - | (>200*) | |
| green (1) for those under a load of: | 275 daN height of mm | ≤210,5 | - | - |
| 290 daN height of mm | - | - | ≤210,5 | |
| 300 daN height of mm | (≤210,5*) | ≤195,5 | - | |
| 322 daN height of mm | - | - | (≤200*) | |
(1) Springs of the same category must be fitted.
(*) Versions with air conditioning
Shock absorbers
| Type: | telescopic, hydraulic double acting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel (start of damping action) | mm | 171 | ||
| Maximum extension | mm | 466 ± 2 | 451,5 ± 2 | 466 ± 2 |
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