Mitsubishi 3000GT Service Manual page 761

FRONT SUSPENSION
REASSEMBLY SERVICE POINTS
INSTALLATION
(1) Assemble the spring upper seat to the piston.rod, fitting
the notch in the rod to the shaped hole in spring seat.
(2) Using a pipe, line up the holes in the strut assembly
spring lower seat with the hole in the spring upper seat.
NOTE
The job is easily accomplished with a pipe [Q 8 mm x
300 mm (+ .3 in. x 11.8 in.)].
(1) With the coil spring held compressed by the special tools
(MB991 237 and MB991 238), provisionally tighten the
self-locking nut.
Caution
Do not use an air tool to tighten the bolt of the special
(2) Correctly align both ends of the coil spring with the grooves
in the spring seat, and then loosen the special tools
(MB991237 and MB991238).
(3) Using the special tool, tighten the
specified torque.
Caution
Do not use an air tool.
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strut
insulator at the