Rear road spring rear shock absorber
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender 90 Workshop Manual (NAS)
- Section
- Repair › Rear road spring rear shock absorber
Rear suspensionRear road spring rear shock absorber
REAR ROAD SPRING REAR SHOCK ABSORBER
Service repair no - 64.20.01. Service repair no - 64.30.02.
Remove Remove
- Loosen rear road wheel retaining nuts.
- Support chassis on stands and remove wheels.
- Support rear axle weight with jack.
- Disconnect shock absorbers at one end.
- Loosen road wheel retaining nuts.
- Support chassis on stands. Remove road wheel and support rear axle weight with jack.
- Remove fixings and withdraw shock absorber from axle bracket.
- Position coil spring compressor correctly on road spring.
- Compress spring evenly to facilitate removal.
- Lower axle to free road spring from upper seat.
- CAUTION: Avoid lowering axle further than
- rear brake flexible hose and road speed
- sensor leads will allow.
- Remove spring retainer plate.
- Withdraw road spring.
Refit
- Collect off spring seat.
Refit
- Position spring seat on axle location.
- Fit road wheels.
- Fit road spring into chassis location and using a
- Remove chassis stands and jack.
turning motion, fit to spring seat.
- Fit spring retainer plate.
- Secure shock absorber. Tighten to 37 Nm, 27 lbf ft
- Fit road wheels. Tighten to 130 Nm, 95 lbf ft.
- Remove chassis stands and jack.
- Remove upper fixings.
- Withdraw shock absorber.
- If required remove mounting bracket
- If required remove mounting rubbers.
- Position shock absorber and fit upper fixings.
- Secure shock absorber with lower fixings to axle bracket. Tighten to 37 Nm, 27 lbf ft. Tighten to 130 Nm, 95 lbf ft.
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