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Removing and installing springs > < Repairing rear axle (four-wheel drive vehicles)
Assembly overview - rear axle with four-wheel drive
   
Assembly overview - rear axle with four-wheel drive
  Note
t  Always renew self-locking nuts and bolts.
t  Always renew corroded nuts and bolts.
1 - Subframe
q   Assembly overview → Chapter.
2 - Final drive
q   Repairing → Rep. Gr.39
3 - Cross member
4 - Anti-roll bar
q   Repair paint damage and apply corrosion protection coating as necessary.
5 - Gas-filled shock absorber
q   Assembly overview → Chapter.
q   Removing and installing → Chapter.
6 - Wheel bearings
q   Removing and installing → Chapter.
7 - Trailing arm
q   Assembly overview → Chapter.
8 - Transverse link
q   Assembly overview → Chapter.
9 - Coil spring
q   Assembly overview → Chapter.
q   If coil spring is renewed, bump stop → Item must also be renewed.
10 - Propshaft
q   Repair instructions → Rep. Gr.39.
11 - Twelve-point bolt
q   → Rep. Gr.39

   

Removing and installing springs > < Repairing rear axle (four-wheel drive vehicles)