1. Brake the car with the parking brake...
2....and install wheel chocks («shoes») under the rear wheels.
3. Loosen the wheel nuts on the side of the strut being replaced.
Warning: Loosen and tighten the wheel nuts only with the vehicle on the ground.
4. Raise both sides of the front of the vehicle and place it on secure stands.
5. Finally unscrew the wheel nuts and remove the wheel.
6. Remove the brake hose from the bracket on the shock absorber.
7. Turn away a nut of fastening of a finger of the top hinge of a rack to an arm of a shock-absorber rack, holding a finger by the second key from turning.
8. Remove the strut upper pivot pin from the strut bracket hole.
9. While holding the head of the bolt from turning, unscrew the nuts of the coupling bolts securing the shock absorber to the steering knuckle.
10. Remove the top strut nut cap.
11. While holding the strut rod from turning with one key, use the second key to loosen the nut of the upper mounting of the shock absorber strut.
12. Finally unscrew the nut of the upper mounting of the shock absorber strut...
13.... and remove the thrust washer.
14. Remove the shock absorber mounting bolts to the steering knuckle and disconnect the rack from the steering knuckle.
15. Remove a shock-absorber rack from the car.
16. Establish a shock-absorber rack and all details in an order, the return to removal.
17. If necessary, similarly remove the second shock absorber strut.
Note: Finally tighten the strut top nut with the vehicle on the ground to the torque specified in annex 1.
Recommendation: After replacing the front suspension strut or its parts, check and, if necessary, adjust the wheel alignment (see «Checking and adjusting wheel alignment»). To do this, use the services of workshops with special equipment.