Front Strut / Shock Tower: Service and Repair

Front Wheel Housing

Includes: Suspension strut mounting

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Spot welder (Inverter) (VAS 6237)

• Spot welder (Inverter) (VAS 6237 L)

• Spot welder (Inverter) (VAS 6238)

• Accessory kit for spot welder (VAS 6238/1)

• Spot welder (Inverter) (VAS 6239)

• Spot welder (Inverter) (VAS 6249)

CAUTION!
Observe safety precautions.





1 Wheel housing with

2 Front longitudinal member

3 Longitudinal member cover plate

Removing

• Longitudinal member for upper wheel housing already removed





- Original joint to front longitudinal member cover plate, loosen from wheel housing side to inside and to plenum chamber.





- Loosen remaining joint to plenum chamber.

- Remove residual material.





Installing

• When using different types of steel and materials of different strengths, one of the inverters listed under Tools are required to perform spot welding work correctly.

• Wheel housing

• Suspension strut mounting

• Suspension strut mounting reinforcement

- Drill holes for gas-shielded arc plug weld seam in suspension strut mounting reinforcement, dia. 8 mm.





- Drill holes for gas-shielded arc plug weld seam in suspension strut mounting, dia. 8 mm.









- Drill holes for gas-shielded arc plug weld seam in wheel housing, dia. 8 mm.

• Drill holes in two rows in area - 1 -.

• Distance of holes to each other, approx. 30 mm.





- Position and secure new parts with help of alignment bracket mountings - 13 -, - 15 -, - 16 - and - 17 - from alignment bracket set (VAS 6325) and adjacent components.

Welding

- Weld suspension strut mounting - 1 - with reinforcement - 2 -, gas-shielded arc plug weld.





- Drill holes - 1 - (dia. 10 mm) for bolting suspension strut and also secure suspension strut mounting with reinforcement to alignment bracket mounting - 2 - with screws.









- Weld in wheel housing with suspension strut mounting, gas-shielded arc plug weld seam and straight-line spot weld seam.





- Restore joint between wheel housing and plenum chamber, gas shielded arc plug weld seam.

- Restore remaining joint to plenum chamber, gas shielded arc plug weld seam.





- Restore original joint between suspension strut mounting - 1 - and suspension strut mounting reinforcement - 2 -, straight line spot weld seam.





- Enlarge holes for suspension strut mounting cover cap.





Dimension - a - = 34 mm

• Item 17 for alignment bracket set (VAS 6325) can be used to check dimension - a -. Refer to => [ Alignment Bracket Set ] .

- Install upper wheel housing longitudinal member.