Rear Strut Assembly: Disassembly

Fig 1: Illustrating Strut Assembly

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1. Remove rear spring and shock absorber. See REMOVAL  .
2. Loosen the two mounting bolts.
3. Place the mounting block in a vise.
   NOTE: Use protective plates to cover jaws of vise.
4. Loosen retaining nut two to three turns.
   NOTE: Do not  remove the nut.
   Fig 2: Removing Shock Retaining Nut

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5. Compress the coil spring with SST (0K2A1 341 AA1A). 
6. Remove the retaining nut.
7. Remove the mounting block, upper spring, seat, upper spring isolator, dust boot, coil spring, lower spring isolator and rebound stopper.
   Fig 3: Compressing The Coil Spring

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