2. Prepare the vehicle to the point where the brake line and handbrake cable (inside the car) are disconnected. On models with an early-type brake compensator, unhook the compensator spring from the rear mount. Loosen the nut on the inner end of the trailing arm shaft and remove the stabilizer bar mounting bolts (see photo).
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3. Remove the rear seat and unscrew the 3 nuts and washers securing the crosspiece to the floor of the passenger compartment. Knock out the studs with a soft-faced hammer to move the crosspiece downwards. Pull the disconnected handbrake cable through the floor.
4. Remove the brake hose bracket located near the inner end of the trailing arm and unscrew the inner shaft nut. Remove the rear wheel and support the rear brake disc with a 120 mm thick wooden block (the car must be supported on a 250 mm high stand installed at the rear jacking point, immediately in front of the rear wheel) (see photo).
5. If possible, loosen the outer nut of the trailing arm shaft using a thin open-end wrench (see photo). Place a special puller on the inner end of the roller and tighten the puller nut so that the roller moves inward (towards the center of the car), so that the outer nut can be removed. Remove the outer nut and continue to move the roller with the puller until it comes out (see B/Figure 9.18).
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6. Bend back the tabs of the locking plates of the 2 bolts securing the lower end of the rear strut to the trailing arm. Unscrew and remove the bolts. Remove the trailing arm from the vehicle.
7. To install the trailing arm in place, support the machine with a 250 mm high wooden stand at the rear jacking point and place the front part of the arm between its mountings on the crosspiece. Support the rear brake support disc with a 120 mm thick wooden block.
8. Insert the roller so that it passes through the longitudinal arm and its fastenings, but its inner end protrudes by 42 mm.
9. Install a new Nylstop nut on the outer end of the roller and a Nylstop nut with a new regular washer on its inner end. Tighten the nuts a few turns without tightening them. Install the brake hose bracket in place.
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10. Install 2 bolts with new locking plates and secure the lower end of the rear strut to the trailing arm. There is no need to tighten the bolts yet.
11. If necessary, raise the rear of the machine, insert the 3 crosspiece studs into the holes in the floor and install 3 new Nylstop nuts with new regular washers onto the studs. Tighten the nuts to the specified torque.
12. Load the rear of the car so that the distance between the center of the journal on the trailing arm and the edge of the wheel arch is approximately 305-315 mm.
13. Hit the end of the roller with a soft-faced hammer to release it and tighten the outer roller nut to the specified torque, then loosen it 1/4 turn.
14. Tighten the inner nut until it reaches the surface of the bracket and then tighten it to the required torque.
15. Tighten the 2 rear strut lower mounting bolts to the required torque and lock them by bending the tabs of the locking plates.
16. Install the brake hose, replacing its clamp with a new one.
17. Install the rear anti-roll bar mounting bolts with new lock washers and tighten the bolts to the specified torque.
18. Unload the rear of the car and lift it to install the rear wheel. Tighten the wheel nuts to the specified torque.
19. Install the handbrake cable and perform the remaining operations in the reverse order of preparation for removing the lever. Adjust the handbrake (see chapter 8), bleed the brake system and adjust the brake compensator (on models with an early type compensator).