Parts
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Rotate the wheels to facilitate the passage of tools and access to the fixing nuts.
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Identification of the connecting rod attachment points.
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Bring a pair of glasses and gloves
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To secure your vehicle click on the link below: Securing the vehicle: removing and refitting the wheel
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Using the ring spanner, unscrew the lower fixing nut while holding the connecting rod axle with the Torx key (or Allen key depending on the assembly)
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Put on gloves and protective glasses .
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Do the same with the upper fixing nut while holding the connecting rod axle with the Torx key (or Allen key depending on the assembly)
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If the Torx (or Allen) key is too tight, use a tube to extend it.
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Insert the threaded axle of the connecting rod into the upper mounting hole (on the shock absorber).
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Tighten the nut by hand to secure the connecting rod.
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Put on the gloves
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Using the large screwdriver , apply force to the stabilizer bar so as to bring the axis of the hole in the stabilizer bar opposite the threaded axis of the connecting rod.
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The effort required will be more or less hard depending on the length of the screwdriver.
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Once the axle is engaged, hand-tighten the nut onto the lower fastener.
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To tighten, proceed in the reverse order to removal, holding the connecting rod axle with the Torx (or Allen) key and tighten the nut until it locks, using the ring spanner.
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Repeat the operation on the second fixing nut.
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Tightening the two fixing nuts to 3.7 daN
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Always use new nuts
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step 4
to position the lower fixing point, I put a shim under the lower triangle and lowered the jack gently so that the hole and the axle were opposite.
This is done very smoothly without having to use a screwdriver which can always slip with the risk of piercing the rubber of the connecting rod.