How do you overhaul the front shock absorber with coil spring on 2005 Toyota Matrix?

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Begin the front shock absorber with coil spring overhaul procedure by taking out the wheel followed by removing the front stabilizer link assembly LH nut while maintaining grasp of the ball joint stud with a hexagon (6 mm) wrench. The front flexible hose requires disconnecting by removing the bolt and separating front flexible hose No. 1 and the speed sensor front LH when ABS is present or you can disconnect only the front flexible hose when ABS is absent. To extract the front shock absorber with coil spring proceed by first loosening the 2 bolts and nuts attached to the lower assembly and the 3 upper side nuts of the shock absorber assembly front LH and then remove the complete assembly. Place two bolts and nuts into the lower side bracket studs to fix the front shock absorber with coil spring on a vise. Adjust the front suspension support dust cover LH while using Special Service Tool: 09727-30021 to compress the front coil spring LH without using an impact wrench for tool protection. You can use Special Service Tool: 09729-22031 to maintain the front coil spring seat upper LH while removing the nut leading to removal of the front suspension support sub-assembly LH alongside the front suspension support LH dust seal, front coil spring seat upper LH, front coil spring insulator upper LH, front coil spring LH, front spring bumper LH, and front coil spring insulator lower LH. The inspection of the front LH shock absorber assembly requires compression and extension of its rod for resistance checks and sound detection; suspected faults warrant new shock absorber installation. Installation of the shock absorber assembly front LH requires users to mount the front coil spring insulator lower LH on the shock absorber assembly followed by attaching the front spring bumper LH to the piston rod before compressing the front coil spring LH with Special Service Tool. The bottom portion of the front coil spring LH should be positioned into the spring lower seat gap before attaching the front coil spring insulator upper LH and front coil spring seat upper LH, which must have their marks facing outward. Use Special Service Tool: 09729-22031 to secure the front coil spring seat upper LH before installing a new nut and torquing it to 47 Nm (479 kgf-cm, 35 ft. lbs.). Install the front suspension support dust cover LH after removing the tool and apply MP grease No.2 to the suspension support sub-assembly LH but prevent the grease from contacting the rubber surface of the upper support. Complete the front shock-absorber installation through the combination of 2 bolts and 3 nuts which require 39 Nm (398 kgf-cm, 29 ft. lbs.) and 220 Nm (2,243 kgf-cm, 162 ft. lbs.) torque specifically while stopping the bolt from rotating during nut-torque application. Reattach the front flexible hose along with the speed sensor part using the bolt which needs to be torqued to 29 Nm (296 kgf-cm, 21 ft. lbs.) when ABS is present but only the flexible hose can be attached if ABS system is absent. You should install the front stabilizer link assembly LH using its nut and torque it to 74 Nm (755 kgf-cm, 55 ft. lbs.) while holding the stud with a hexagon wrench (6 mm). After installation, put back the front wheel and torque it to 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.) before inspecting and adjusting the front wheel alignment.

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