Car wheel suspension Opel Vectra B (petrol)

Front wheel suspension
The front axle in the traditional sense is no longer in modern cars. Both front wheels - each in itself - are individually suspended from the body and from the...

Wheel adjustment
The front wheels, in order to ensure the reliable behavior of the machine, must be located at a certain angle in the lateral and longitudinal direction. To...

Suspension struts
By suspension strut, we mean the combination of a spring and a shock absorber in one module. The shock absorber is inserted into the coil spring. The spring...

Shock absorbers
Shocks while driving on the road extinguish the tires and springs. Shock absorbers, for their part, must suppress or dampen the vibration of the axles and the...

Rear axle
The rear axle of the Vectra is designed as a multi-link axle and is made for a vehicle as active as the Vectra. The rear wheels are made very precisely, as a...

Wheel alignment measurement
After a hard curb contact, an accident, certain repairs to the front axle suspension, or just in a suspicious case, the wheel alignment is measured. But this...

Help with suspension and steering problems
Identification signs of incorrect wheel alignment If you want to detect incorrect steering geometry in motion, you must first make sure that both front tires...

Checking the wheel bearing clearance
Maintenance work The front and rear wheels run on double-row ball bearings that - mounted with long-term lubrication - can withstand over 100,000 km. Defective...

Checking shock absorbers
Usually, shock absorbers do not fail suddenly, their effectiveness weakens gradually, to which they imperceptibly get used. The rule of thumb is that after two...

Help with shock absorber malfunctions
There are several unmistakable signs of a decrease in the performance of shock absorbers: Steering vibration the wheels do not have constant contact with the...

Disassembly of the front wheel suspension
Removing the front suspension strut assembly In the front wheel suspension units, some parts can be dismantled and mounted on their own. Although for certain...

Work on the rear axle
Removing the rear suspension strut assembly Remove the respective rear wheel. Dismantle the wheel arch (body chapter). Unscrew the bottom fixing bolt of an...