SECTION9—REARSUSPENSION
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RearSuspension
DANGER
•SeeGeneralWarningsonpage1-2.
WARNING
•SeeGeneralWarningsonpage1-2.
GENERALINFORMATION
Therearsuspensionandpowertrainofthevehiclemoveindependentlyfromthevehicleframe.Itconsistsoftwoleaf
springscontrolledbytwoshockabsorbersmountedbetweenthespringsandthevehicleframe.
SHOCKABSORBERS
SeeGeneralWarningsonpage1-2.
SHOCKABSORBERREMOVALANDINSPECTION
1.Checkshockabsorbers(7)fordamageoruidleakageatthepointwheretheshaftenterstheshockabsorber
body.Replacedamagedorleakingshockabsorbers(Figure9-3,Page9-4).
2.Toremoveashockabsorber,removethenut(5),cupwasher(9),andrubberbushings(10)fromthestemat
thetopoftheshockabsorber.
3.Removethenut(5),cupwasher(9),andrubberbushings(10)fromlowermountingstem.
4.Compresstheshockabsorbertoremoveit.
SHOCKABSORBERINSTALLATION
1.Toinstall,reversetheremovalprocedure.
2.Ontheupperandlowershockabsorbermountingstems,tightenthenutsuntiltherubberbushingexpands
tothesizeofthecupwasher.
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