Suspension arms are attached by means of rubber-metal hinges.
Characteristics of rear suspension springs
The springs of the station wagon's rear suspension with the B5 engine are marked with red paint.
Shock absorbers
Shock absorbers are hydraulic, telescopic type, double-acting, non-separable design.
Model «1600 Turbo GTX» equipped with a suspension with remote control of the stiffness of shock absorbers.
Roll Stabilizer
The anti-roll bar is a bar, the knees of which are connected through the fingers with rubber and rubber-metal hinges to the front wishbones. The middle part of the rod is attached to the rear suspension crossbar through rubber pads.
Rear wheel alignment
Rear wheel hubs
The rear wheel hub rotates in two tapered roller bearings. On all models, except for vehicles with B6 and B6 EGI engines, the hub is integral with the brake drum. On models with B6 and B6 EGI engines, it is integrated into one unit with a brake disc.
Tightening torques of the main threaded connections, kgf·m
- Bolts for fastening the telescopic strut to the hub trunnion: 9.5-11.9.
- Nut of fastening of the top support of a rack: 2,3-3,0.
- Shock absorber rod nut: 5.6-6.9.
- Bolts for fastening the transverse levers to the hub trunnion: 6.4-7.6.
- Bolts for fastening the transverse levers to the rear suspension cross member: 9.5-11.9.
- Bolts of fastening of the trailing arm to the body: 6.0-7.5.
- Nut for fastening the trailing arm to the suspension strut: 5.5-6.9.
- Nut for fastening the stabilizer bar to the body: 4.4-5.5.