Repair rear suspension Ford Focus 2 DIY repair

The rear suspension, installed on the second generation Ford Focus, has a multi-link design, due to this, a smooth ride of the car and confident behavior of the car on the road are achieved.

Rear suspension Ford Focus-2 - independent type, with a cross member in the middle, with four levers at each rear wheel (total levers - 8). The undercarriage consists of the following elements:

• crossbars;
• levers - rear lower, upper, front lower, longitudinal;
• springs;
• shock absorbers;
• compression buffers.

All elements, except for the cross beam, are paired, and an anti-roll bar with struts and bushings is also installed on the rear axle.

The Ford Focus-2 was produced in two body modifications - in a pre-styling version (2005-2008) and in a restyled version (2008-2011). After the modernization, there were some changes in the car, but the restyling did not touch the rear suspension - it remained the same.

In the domestic market, the overwhelming majority of Ford Focus-2 are only assembled in Russia, so it is difficult to talk about the quality of spare parts installed on cars assembled in Spain and Germany. But the cars assembled in Vsevolozhsk near St. Petersburg are quite reliable, and the rear suspension lasts a long time during normal operation.

If you do not drive the car at high speed on bad roads, the chassis will require more or less serious repairs on the run of about 100 thousand km, not earlier. As a rule, the trailing arms are the first to fail, the silent blocks wear out in them. The lever can not be completely changed, you can do with repressing the silent blocks, but in order to make such a repair, it is necessary to disassemble almost the entire suspension.

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Rear shock absorbers on the "Second Focus" are distinguished by enviable "vitality", on average, the parts are nursed from 90 to 130 thousand km. The price of original spare parts is rather big, each shock absorber costs about 3.5 thousand rubles. But fortunately, on the Focus-2 there are parts of non-original production, moreover, of very decent quality. For example, Monroe or Kayaba shock absorbers can be purchased at a price of 2-2.5 thousand rubles. for 1 piece, and TRW spare parts are even cheaper. Also, these parts are produced by many other companies:

The stabilizer struts are usually the first to fail on many car models, but on the Ford Focus 2, these parts are surprisingly tenacious, sometimes nursing more than 100 thousand km.

Car owners of "Second Focuses" need to know that many spare parts for the car are suitable from Mazda 3, in particular, many of the rear suspension parts are practically the same. True, there is one difference - native Ford spare parts are more reliable than Mazda spare parts, although they are more expensive.

If oil spots appeared in the area of ​​the rear shock absorber rod, and the car began to drive over the bumps with the rear part of the body swaying, the shock absorber is out of order and must be changed. We carry out the work as follows:

• for convenience, remove the rear wheel;
• we put an emphasis under the rear suspension (for example, an old unnecessary wheel disk), and we lower the car a little on a jack - it is necessary to make sure that the spring of the suspension compresses a little;
• this is done so that when the shock absorber is removed, the spring does not straighten without load and does not shoot up;
• we unscrew the lower bolt that holds the shock absorber, this will require a knob with a 15-inch head;
• from the body (inside the wheel arch) we unscrew the two bolts securing the shock absorber support to the body, here you need a 10 socket wrench or a head with an extension and a crank;
• dismantle the part to be replaced, install a new shock absorber in place, and assemble.

If there is a knock in the rear suspension area, it is likely that the stabilizer struts are worn out. Changing parts is quite simple, if there are no complications during removal, you can replace the stabilizer rack in half an hour or even faster.

It is convenient to replace it on a pit or on a lift; you do not need to remove the wheel to perform the operation. We carry out the work in the following order:

• unscrew the nut with which the stand is attached to the wishbone, for this you need a 15 spanner spanner. To prevent the stand from turning along the axis when unscrewing the nut, hold it with a hexagon;
• then with the same keys we unscrew the upper nut that holds the rack on the transverse arm;
• having unscrewed the fasteners, we remove the old part, install a new one, this can be considered the work finished.

Everything was simple, but the old counter does not always turn away normally. The thread on the ball pin is clogged with dirt, and when you try to unscrew the nut, the hex wrench turns in the body of the pin. Before starting to untwist the connection, you must:

• clean the threads on the stabilizer post from dirt;
• sprinkle WD40 on it;
• wait 15-20 minutes for the remaining dirt to "eat off".

Only then should you start loosening the nuts. If, nevertheless, the ball pin scrolls in the body, and the nut turns with it, you will have to use a small grinder - cut off the worn out stabilizer bar.

In this case, the replacement of the L-shaped stabilizer struts is considered, but stabilizer struts of the so-called "direct" type can also be installed on the Ford Focus-2.

These details change even easier, there are practically no complications here.

Unlike the cheaper models, the second generation Ford Focus rear suspension has a modern, complex design. This is a multi-wishbone system that provides independent suspension of the rear wheels. Thanks to this suspension scheme, the car received a soft comfortable ride, good lateral and longitudinal stability. But, as you know, the more parts in the system, the more difficult it is to repair. How the rear suspension of the Ford Focus is arranged and what is the algorithm for replacing the rear silent blocks of the rear levers, how to choose the right ones instead of the original, we will figure it out today.