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  1. Rotate the wheels to facilitate the passage of tools and access to the fixing nuts.
  2. 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) Put on gloves and protective glasses .
    • 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)

    • Put on gloves and protective glasses .

    • 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)

    • If the Torx (or Allen) key is too tight, use a tube to extend it.

  3. Check the correspondence between the old and new connecting rod .
  4. Insert the threaded axle of the connecting rod into the upper mounting hole (on the shock absorber).
    • Insert the threaded axle of the connecting rod into the upper mounting hole (on the shock absorber).

    • Tighten the nut by hand to secure the connecting rod.

    • Put on the gloves

    • 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.

    • The effort required will be more or less hard depending on the length of the screwdriver.

    • Once the axle is engaged, hand-tighten the nut onto the lower fastener.

  5. 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.
    • 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.

    • Repeat the operation on the second fixing nut.

    • Tightening the two fixing nuts to 3.7 daN

    • Always use new nuts

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PAULO ALEXANDRE

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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.

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