Remove the rear suspension beam if it is deformed or when removing the entire rear suspension.
Place the car on a lift or inspection pit.
Prepare the tools: 10mm, 11mm, and 18mm wrenches, an 18mm socket, screwdrivers, a spring compressor, and a wheel brace.
Fig. 1. Location of rear suspension beam components: 1, 12 - brake shields; 2, 10 - brake system pipes; 3, 9 - trailing arm silent blocks; 4, 8 - trailing arms; 5, 7 - wheel speed sensor wire harnesses; 6 - beam; 11, 17 - brake calipers; 13, 16 - shock absorber lower support mounting brackets; 14, 15 - rubber spring grommets.
The location of the rear beam components is shown in Figure 1.
Raise the rear of the car if it is on a pit.
Raise the car if it is on a lift.
Remove the rear wheels.
Use a screwdriver to pry off the mudguard mounting pin from the trailing arm bracket.
Removing the piston
Unscrew and remove the bolt securing the mudguard to the longitudinal Lever
Use a screwdriver to pry off the pin securing the mudguard to the rear suspension beam
Removing the piston
Removing the mudguard from the rear suspension beam
Place a support (hydraulic jack or strut) under the rear suspension beam.
Removing the shock absorber mount from the trailing arm bracket (article - Replacing the Renault Megane 2 Rear Shock Absorber)
Removing the rear suspension spring (article – Replacing the rear spring of the Renault Megane 2)
Removing the parking brake cable end from the brake release lever
Removing the cable housing from the beam cavity (article - Replacing the Renault Megane 2 Handbrake Cable)
Unscrew the nut and remove the bolt securing the silent block to the body bracket.
We also perform all the listed tasks on the other side.
Disconnect the wiring connectors of the rear wheel speed sensors Wheels
Disconnecting the brake lines from the flexible hose ends (article - Replacing the brake lines of the Renault Megane 2)
Lower the rear suspension beam
Install the rear suspension beam in reverse order
Tighten to the specified torque:
- – bracket mounting bolts (62 Nm);
- – brake shield mounting bolts (80 Nm);
- – rigid line fittings on the wheel cylinders (14 Nm);
- – rigid brake line fittings on the hoses (14 Nm).
Install the parking brake cables.
Make sure the parking brake cable stops are correctly inserted into sockets.
Install:
- – brake drums;
- – spring cups;
- – springs in sockets;
- – install wires and wheel speed sensors.
Connect the parking brake control and drive unit wiring to the equalizer.
Place a hydraulic jack with a chock against the spring cup.
Compress the rear suspension.
Tighten the lower shock absorber mounting bolts.
Final tightening of the shock absorber mounting bolts is performed with the vehicle standing on its wheels.
Install the rear wheels.
Lower the lift.
Tighten to the specified torque:
- – Brake drum mounting stud nuts (175 Nm);
- – Lower shock absorber mounting bolts (105 Nm);
- – Wheel bolts (105 Nm).
Bleed the brake system.