Citroen C3 Front Suspension

[roizee2009]

Hi All.
Can anybody tell me the sequence of removing the front suspension leg and then removing the coil spring from a Citroen C3. I have the tools and a pair of spring compressors.
Can anybody help me ?.
Many Thanks in advance.
Roizee

[TWR]

1st, & do not take offence! Are you capable of doing the job? if so, SAFTEY FIRST Hand brake on, chock the rear wheels, depending what side, slacken the nuts within the inner wing under the bonnet,
Jack up the front of the car & place a ramp or stands under the front, again make sure the chocks are well in place remove the road wheel, clamp the brake hose, undo the bottom suspension arm, undo the track rod end, on my own car there was a clamp on the body of the lower strut/ undo this then the wheel stub Axel can be lowered, the strut should then be held in place by the 3 or 4 nuts under the bonnet, hold the strut and remove the nuts, use the compressors evenly keep you eye on them as at times the do slip off, remove the nut on the top to remove the end cap undo the springs then reverse what you have done making sure the spring sits in the carrier correct. on a point, have you a spring snapped? what makes you go into this job? myself if you have replaced one side with new replace the opposite side so the car runs level depending on the age of the car.

[piper-clipper]

Hi there,
What you ask is quite complex. Firstly onlock the hub nut with a hammer and punch, and remove the nut. You then have to remove the brake caliper, the brake disc, the track rod ball joint, the roll bar linkage, the ABS sensor, which involves removing the inside wheel arch to get at the cabling. Then the lower swivel joint. Pull the hub from the driveshaft, without pulling the other end from the gearbox. Then undo the strut fixing from under the bonnet.
You will need Torx drivers in various sizes, sockets, ring spanners, box or pipe wrenches and a lot of hard work. I would recommend that you buy a Haynes manual on ebay first. It is quite long winded and time consuming.

Hope this helps, I have just done my left front strut today.

Paul.