00:30 - Loosen the wheel mounting bolts. Remove the front wheels 00:47 - Use a socket №17 and an open-end wrench №16. Unscrew the nut and remove the stabilizer link from the suspension strut 01:18 - Disconnect the wiring 02:06 - Use a socket №10. Disconnect the wiring and the brake hose from the bracket on the shock strut 02:41 - Use a socket №18 and a XZN № M14. Unscrew the nut and remove the shock absorber lower mounting bolt 03:22 - Disconnect the steering knuckle from the shock absorber strut 04:06 - Open the hood 04:18 - Use a socket №13. Unscrew the top fastening of the shock strut mount 05:01 - Remove the suspension strut 05:36 - Using a special tool to compress the spring 05:53 - Use a combination spanner №21 and a hex-nut wrench №6. Remove the shock absorber piston rod fastening 06:07 - Remove the top strut mount 06:17 - Install a new strut mount 06:27 - Use a combination spanner №21 and a hex-nut wrench №6. Screw the shock strut piston rod upper fastening 06:58 - Place the shock absorber in the wheel arch and secure it 07:25 - Use a socket №13. Tighten the upper fastener of the shock absorber strut mount 07:39 - Close the hood 07:51 - Support the lower control arm with a trolley jack 08:44 - Use a socket №18 and a XZN № M14. Tighten the nut fastening the shock absorber strut to the steering knuckle 09:10 - Use a socket №10. Connect the wiring and the brake hose to the bracket on the shock strut 10:43 - Use a socket №17 and an open-end wrench №16. Secure the stabilizer link on the suspension strut 11:17 - Install the wheel The tools you need to replace strut mount: - drive socket No. 17 - combination spanner No. 16 - drive socket No. 10 - XZN Bit № М14 - drive socket No. 18 - drive socket No. 13 - combination spanner No. 21 - hex key №6
Thank you for your feedback ! Unfortunately, each car requires particular replacement and everything depends on a technical condition of car parts units. Our videos are informative in the replacement sequence. Best regards, Autodoc.
Thank you for your feedback! You are absolutely right. The video shows the replacement on the front axle. We made a mistake in the description. Best regards, Autodoc.
00:30 - Loosen the wheel mounting bolts. Remove the front wheels
00:47 - Use a socket №17 and an open-end wrench №16. Unscrew the nut and remove the stabilizer link from the suspension strut
01:18 - Disconnect the wiring
02:06 - Use a socket №10. Disconnect the wiring and the brake hose from the bracket on the shock strut
02:41 - Use a socket №18 and a XZN № M14. Unscrew the nut and remove the shock absorber lower mounting bolt
03:22 - Disconnect the steering knuckle from the shock absorber strut
04:06 - Open the hood
04:18 - Use a socket №13. Unscrew the top fastening of the shock strut mount
05:01 - Remove the suspension strut
05:36 - Using a special tool to compress the spring
05:53 - Use a combination spanner №21 and a hex-nut wrench №6. Remove the shock absorber piston rod fastening
06:07 - Remove the top strut mount
06:17 - Install a new strut mount
06:27 - Use a combination spanner №21 and a hex-nut wrench №6. Screw the shock strut piston rod upper fastening
06:58 - Place the shock absorber in the wheel arch and secure it
07:25 - Use a socket №13. Tighten the upper fastener of the shock absorber strut mount
07:39 - Close the hood
07:51 - Support the lower control arm with a trolley jack
08:44 - Use a socket №18 and a XZN № M14. Tighten the nut fastening the shock absorber strut to the steering knuckle
09:10 - Use a socket №10. Connect the wiring and the brake hose to the bracket on the shock strut
10:43 - Use a socket №17 and an open-end wrench №16. Secure the stabilizer link on the suspension strut
11:17 - Install the wheel
The tools you need to replace strut mount:
- drive socket No. 17
- combination spanner No. 16
- drive socket No. 10
- XZN Bit № М14
- drive socket No. 18
- drive socket No. 13
- combination spanner No. 21
- hex key №6
Please do a replacement video of a serpentine belt on this polo 4
Thank you for your suggestion! We will add your request to our list of ideas for the new videos! Best Regards, Autodoc Team
i tried to follow the vid. however when i got to tapping the hub down... the drive shaft gets in the way and wont release the bottom of the strut.
Thank you for your feedback ! Unfortunately, each car requires particular replacement and everything depends on a technical condition of car parts units. Our videos are informative in the replacement sequence. Best regards, Autodoc.
Please to explain with detail to upping and downing car lift
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Thank you for your feedback! Please, clarify, what problem you have encountered. Best regards, Autodoc.
If you cant jack the car up and down quit while your behind
I am pretty sure that’s front, not rear as it says in the title
Thank you for your feedback! You are absolutely right. The video shows the replacement on the front axle. We made a mistake in the description. Best regards, Autodoc.
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