Someone who has changed the shock absorbers in giulietta, can tell me if it is the same procedure as for the alfa romeo mito. From the previous video? @Merv the swerve@symon
It looks to be a similar procedure but the way the lower part of the shock attaches to the hub is different.
You need to unbolt the clamp bolt on the hub and pull the hub downwards to seperate it from the shock as it clamps around the bottom rather than bolting to the side of it if that makes sense?
The only way I could do it was to remove the front crash beams and remove the lower wishbones, which is right PITA of a job.
Hi aweee as symon has pointed out the mito is slightly different, yes the bolt you high lighted is the one you undo, if you drop the bottom ball joint out of the hub carrier it will give you enough clearance to lift the shock absorber out, it will save you removing the lower wish bone, it can be quite an ordeal, I have just replaced both front springs
May I also say changing the springs is also quite a challenge, you must ensure you have quality spring compressor and I had to use 2 sets to enable me to gain enough compression. I can't stress enough how dangerous this operation can be if you don't know what your doing. Take care.
Hi
So raise car place on axle stand,
Remove road wheel,
Undo the 2 Allen head screws securing the caliper and remove, detach brake flexi from s absorber and set caliper aside out the way.
Undo and detach anti roll bar link from shocker.
Detach abs sensor and pad warning light wire from shocker.
Undo remove lower ball joint pinch bolt, separate ball joint from hub carrier, this can be a chew.
Undo remove pinch bolt securing shocker into hub carrier, hub carrier Will now wiggle downwards and will just clear the bottom of the shocker.
Carefully separate the plastic clips that secures the shocker at the inner wing helps if you have someone to assist to support the strut assembly.
're fitment is just a reverse of the process you need to ensure you have the strut top bearing correctly positioned you will see this by lining the holes up, hopefully the pic shows this.
I'm sorry but my English is not very good and some things I do not understand, I've done a kind of tutorial with photos. Can you tell me if the disassembly steps are correct?
1º Lift the car.
2º Remove the wheel of the vehicle.
3º Remove the 2 covers behind the clamp with a screwdriver,
4º loosen the 2 Allen head screws that hold the clamp and remove them
5º Remove the brake wear sensor.
6º Remove the brake from the shock absorber
7º Unscrew and disconnect the link from the anti-roll bar of the shock absorber.
8º Undo remove the pressure screw from the lower ball joint, separate the ball joint from the shock absorber support
9º Remove the fixing screw that fixes the shock absorber, the hub carrier will now move down and will only clean the lower part of the shock absorber.
10º Carefully separate the plastic clips that secure the shock absorber to the inner wing if you have someone to help you hold the shock absorber assembly.
Hi you most definitely need to separate the lower ball joint, once you have done that with the pinch bolt removed using side to side wiggling it should slide down the shock absorber, it may need some release oil and gentle persuasion to get it going,
Hi you most definitely need to separate the lower ball joint, once you have done that with the pinch bolt removed using side to side wiggling it should slide down the shock absorber, it may need some release oil and gentle persuasion to get it going,
Just a question on this part as I am about to give it a go this weekend.
Can we remove the lower ball joint and that should give just enough clearance or do we need to actually remove the wishbone as well? Some folk stated that separating the lower ball joint was enough to generate the space required.
I didn't do that step on mine, as before seperating the ball joint i removed the lower wishbone bolts from the subframe and took the arm out in one go.
I did mention above I think that it cannot easily be done without removing the wishbone.
there is a wishbone removal guide on the Alfa workshop page.
In this tutorial, it explains how to extract the shock absorber, but I can not remove the ball joint. I do not know if I have to compress the shock absorber more so I can take it out.
That type of separator will not work, your ball joint is a parallel pin that is not exposed, soak the pin in release oil and once pinch bolt is removed take a sharp chisel and drive it into the slot this should help release it.
Firstly, you do not need to remove the front bumper in the video.
In the picture i have attached, you can see the inner wheel arch guard has been removed.
1) Next, you need to remove the bolt I have circled with 1 beside it, then remove the guard. There may be another bolt holding this guard in i cannot remember.
2) You will then be able to see the silver crash beam. I have drawn the crash beam with the number 2 in the photo.
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