A leaking damper was the reason to replace the complete struts on the back of the Carina-E. Replacing only the damper would lead to more costs (90 Euro per piece, plus extra small parts) en more effort (pressurizing when dismantling the strut, etc,etc). Although a local garage offered to do it for only 240 Euro's, a special offer, I decided to take up the job myself.

Requirements:
* ring wrenches (19, 14, 10), 4-way wheel wrench
* dremel multi tool
* allen key
* wd40 magic lubricant!
* grease, vaseline
* spare nuts M10 fine metric
* a few bricks, some lumber

The following websites can be useful for preparation. There are very regular posts on this for, by very skillful people, and the reaction time to questions is very fast. It can prevent you from running into unexpected problems and helps you exchanged useful tips and experiences:

My topic at the toyota forum of Problemcar
The German Toyota forum

Especially useful was the Haynes bible, which is definately worth buying. A little less handy, but still quite valuabe is the 'vraagbaak' of the Carina-E from Kluwer.

Start with removal of the rear wheel, and keep the wheel wrench around because you'll be needing it later on again...

1. Introduction
2. Inspection of the damage
3. Disconnecting the anti roll link
4. Loosening the bolts
5. Removing and replacing

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