Withdrawal
1. Chock the front wheels, raise the rear of the vehicle and install jack stands. Remove the corresponding rear wheel.
2. Transfer the weight of the appropriate rear arm to the rolling jack.
3. Unscrew the nut and remove the bottom bolt of the rack to the beam (pic. 11.3). Discard the bolt and nut - new ones are required for installation.
4. Working inside the car, remove the trim in the luggage compartment to get to the pillar mounting bolts. The rear seat backrest can be removed for this as described in chapter 11 - in the rear bulkhead there is a cutout for access to the bolts.
5. Turn away the top bolts of fastening, a rack and develop it to disconnect from a body. Remove the stand from under the car (pic. 11.5). Discard the nuts - new ones are required for installation.
6. Remove the upper support gasket, it may "stick" from inside the arch. Discard the gasket - a new one is required for installation.
Installation
7. Install a new gasket on the top leg of the rack.
8. Install the stand, turning so that the top tabs of the support align (pic. 11.8). Install new top support bolts and tighten to specified torque.
9. Install the trim in the luggage compartment/back of the rear seat.
10. Raise the beam and secure the rear strut to it. Screw in the new fastening bolt with the new nut. Do not tighten the nut at this stage.
11. Install the wheel. lower the vehicle and tighten the wheel bolts to the specified torque.
12. Having installed the car on wheels, pump the car so that the racks "self-established". Tighten the bottom nut to the specified torque.
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