Preparing the upper cup (page 4 of 4)
- Make
- Peugeot
- Model
- J5 Factory Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1982–1994
- Section
- Front spring – removing - refitting
SuspensionPreparing the upper cup · page 4 of 4
- Support the suspension unit horizontally in a vice, fig. I.
- Pull out the damper rod to its MAXIMUM extent.
- Open the compressor to 210 mm, fig. II.
- Position the spring so that coil ends (1) and (2) are between the arms on the claws (a) and (b).
- Compress the spring, fig. III, until the distance between the compressor jaws is 110 mm.
- Fit the spring - compressor assembly - over the damper rod.
- Fit the locating spacer (3), to the spring fig. IV.
- Place the assembly formed by the upper cup, the needle thrust bearing and the bump stop already prepared (4), on the damper rod.
- Place a washer and a new “NYLSTOP” nut on the damper rod.
- Tighten the damper nut to 7 m.daN (70 Nm, 52 lbf ft).
- Release the spring, fig. VI, taking care :
- to ensure that its ends (5) are correctly positioned in the locating cups,
- to bring the spring coils against the shoulder (6).
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