Suspension Layout
The front suspension is constructed from 12 parts, this will show you the correct order and orientation of each part.
450 & Roadster
If you can't follow this then you shouldn't be playing with your car, I can't make it any more basic than it is now. If a picture paint a thousand words, here are 12,000 words in full colour for you to look at, plus a whole bunch of boring black and white words too.
1 - Shock absorber (damper)
2 - Bottom spring cup
3 - Bump stop
4 - Dust cover insert
5 - Dust cover
6 - Spring
7 - Top spring cup
8 - Bearing
9 - Rubber donut
10 - Special nut
11 - Car bodywork (top of arch)
12 - Pull stop
13 - Nut
It is at this point that it goes up inside the suspension turret.
Once through the car body, the pull stop (12) and top nut (13) are fitted.
451 Fortwo
1 - Shock absorber (damper)
2 - N/A (part of the 451 shock absorber)
3 - Bump stop
4 - Dust cover insert
5 - Dust cover
6 - Spring
7 - Top spring cup
8 - Bearing
9 - Rubber donut
10 - Special nut
11 - Car bodywork (top of arch)
12 - Pull stop
13 - Nut
It is at this point that it goes up inside the suspension turret.
Once through the car body, the pull stop (12) and top nut (13) are fitted.