The suspension arms are attached to the body by means of silent blocks to the steering knuckles with the help of non-separable ball bearings.
Front suspension spring specifications
* In parentheses are the values for the springs of the front suspension of station wagons with the B5 engine, marked with pink paint.
Shock absorbers
Shock absorbers are hydraulic, telescopic type, double-acting, non-separable design. Model «1600 Turbo GTX» equipped with a front suspension with adjustable damper stiffness.Roll Stabilizer
The anti-roll bar is a bar, the knees of which are connected to triangular suspension arms by means of fingers with rubber and rubber-metal hinges. The middle part of the rod is attached to the body with brackets through rubber cushions.
Stabilizer bar diameter on station wagons with B5 engine, mm: 29.2.
Front wheel alignment
Front wheel hubs
The wheel hub rotates in two tapered roller bearings.
Tightening torques of the main threaded connections, kgf·m
- Nut of a bolt of fastening of a telescopic rack to a rotary fist: 9,5-11,9.
- Nut for fastening the upper support to the body: 2.3-3.0.
- Nut for fastening the shock absorber rod of the telescopic strut to the upper support: 5.6-6.9.
- Nut of a bolt of fastening of a spherical hinge of the suspension bracket to a rotary fist: 4,4-5,5.
- Nut of a bolt of fastening of the spherical hinge to the suspension arm: 9,5-11,9.
- Nut of fastening of a spherical finger of steering draft to a rotary fist: 3,0-4,5.
- Nut for fastening the stabilizer bar to the body: 3.2-4.7.
- Wheel nut: 9.0-12.0.