Subaru XT 1988 Service Manual page 787

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SUSPENSION
3) Install helper and dust cover to the piston rod.
4) Pull the piston rod fully upward, and install rubber seat
and spring seat.
5) Install sleeve to the piston rod.
6) Install strut mount to the piston rod, and tighten the
self·lock nut temporarily.
Be sure to use a new self-lock nut.
7) Loosen COIL SPRING COMPRESSOR carefully.
8) While fixing the spring seat with SPANNER (926510000)
tighten the self-lock nut with a box wrench.
Tightening torque:
51 - 67 N'm (5.2 - 6.8 kg-m, 38 - 49 ft·lb)
SPANNER
(926510000)
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INSTALLATION
Install the strut ASSY in the reverse sequence of the removal
procedure.
Be sure to bleed air from brake system.
Tightening torque:
Nut (Strut mount to body)
26 - 36 N'm (2.7 - 3.7 kg-m, 20 - 27 ft-Ib)
Bolt (Damper strut bracket to housing)
and
Bolt (Damper strut to housing)
38 - 50 N·m (3.9 - 5.1 kg-m, 28 - 37 ft-Ib)
Disc brake union bolt
15 - 21 N·m (1.5 - 2.1 kg-m, 11 - 15 ft-Ib)
Wheel nut:
78 - 98 N·m (8.0 - 10.0 kg-m, 58 - 72 ft-Ib)