Disassembly And Assembly Instructions; Disassembly; Preliminary Work And Notes On Assembly - Porsche 996 TT Repair Manual

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Disassembly and assembly instructions

Disassembly

CAUTION
Danger of injury due to spring tensioning!
• If necessary, tension the coil spring (depending on the spring preload) with the spring clamp until the
piston rod is relieved!
Never use an impact bolter to loosen or tighten the fastening nut!
•
• Use commercially available changeover ratchet!
1. If necessary, tension the coil spring (depending on the spring preload) with the spring clamp until
the piston rod is relieved.
2. To undo the connection − piston rod to spring strut mount − counter at the piston rod with countering tool
Sonderwerkzeug 9630 or an open−ended wrench (7 mm).
3. Remove all parts from the piston rod.

Preliminary work and notes on assembly

If the vibration damper is to be replaced, set the height adjusting nut −1− to the same position as on
•
the old vibration damper (transfer the actual dimension A to the new vibration damper). A hook
wrench insert, special tool 9647 is required for this purpose.
• Tightening torque of the lock nuts −2+3− = 50 Nm (37 ftlb.)!
Disassembly and assembly instructions
einordnung
Catalogue. The
vibration dampers
for the right and
left sides are
identical parts.
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