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Eibach/Bilstein Suspension: Disassembling - Reassembly - Lowering

  1. Before any disassembling, make a catch of dimensions of the vehicle. It is carried out, vehicle stopped on a perfectly horizontal surface, while measuring  the distance between the edge of the wing and the center of the hub of wheel. This dimension must be taken at the 4 wheels.

  2. The assembly and the disassembling of suspension can be dangerous, because the systems are under pressure and can in the event of incorrect handling cause serious personal injuries these operations must be carried out by trained professionals, using the necessary tools.

  3. At disassembling take care to locate  the  stacking order of the peripheral elements (silent blocks, stages, bearings and cups of suspension...),  check the good state of it, and change the defective elements

  4. Check the assembly direction  of the Eibach spring (marking direction  = assembly direction )

  5. For a lowering with  the vehicles equipped with a bar of torsion, it must be proceeded at its adjustment, in order to regulate the horizontal balance of the car.

  6. For the reassembly of Bilstein Bi-tube shock absorbers do not to omit to go up the shock thrusts  envisaged by the manufacturer, as well as the sleeves of protection of the stem (the mono shock absorbers tubes while being already equipped.)

  7. .The final tightening of the elements will have to be carried out by respecting the tightening torques. Vehicle on its wheels in static position. The use of the air gun is proscribed

  8. Make a complete geometry adjustment  of the car

  9. Check the correct operation in report/ratio of the load and the distributor of braking located on the rear axle on the vehicles while being equipped.

  10. Shock absorber, do not remove the seal oil film,  this oil is essential to the lubrication of the piston rod.