Subaru XT 1988 Service Manual page 785

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SUSPENSION
L4-892
Fig. 38
7) Pull out brake hose securing clip and detach brake hose
from damper strut bracket.
8) Remove bolt which connects damper strut to housing.
9) Remove bolt which connects damper strut bracket to
housing.
10) Pull strut out of housing gradually and carefully with
housing ASSY placed downward.
If strut is rusted, apply sufficient "CRC" on housing and strut
before pulling strut out.
11) Remove nuts clamping strut mount to body.
12) Remove strut ASSY from body.
DISASSEMBLY
1) Mount COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR (926110000) to a
vice.
Projection
Fig.
39
COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR
(926110000)
E4-110
2) Set the strut ASSY to COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR.
a. Be sure to use the special tool in order to avoid an accident.
b. Set the projections of COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR to
the inner diameter side of coil spring.
L4-140
Fig. 40
3) Compress the coil spring by carefully turning the coil
spring compressor handle.
(Compress the spring until it comes off the strut upper seat
surface.)
4) Loosen the nut that connects the strut mount and the
rod.
Fit SPANNER (926510000) into the holes ofspring seat, and
loosen the nut using a 17 mm box wrench.
SPANNER
(926510000)
Fig.
41
5) Remove the strut mount and other minor parts.
Use care not to drop spacer.
L4-141
6) Return carefully the coil spring compressor handle to the
original position, and take out the coil spring and strut after
making sure that the spring has been stretched fully.
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