If the spring is not physically broken, it is probably still good.
in the engine bay. Passenger side. Near the strut tower.
Use a strut spring compressor to compress the old spring, the remove the strut from the spring. Use the compressor to put the strut into the new spring. Install the strut and spring into the vehicle.
Under the hood, Drivers side strut tower just behind the washer fluid resevoir....should be 2 hoses going to it...1 in 1 out...
You will need to compress the strut spring with a spring compressor. When the strut spring is compressed remove the strut retaining bolts. There is a strut retaining bolt on the top and the bottom of the strut assembly. Reverse the process to install the new strut.
Begin by compressing the strut spring with a spring compressor. Be very careful as the strut spring will be under hundreds of pounds of pressure. Remove the strut retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install your new strut.
You have to take the whole strut assembly off (shock and spring). Then with a spring compressor on the coil spring, take the top nut off the strut shaft and take the spring off. Once the spring is off the whole strut assembly is replaced which will contain a new shock. Then you already have the spring compressed, so you put the old spring on to new strut (shock) put the top back on, release the spring and tighten the nut. You have to have a vise to clamp the strut into to replace the strut body.
It is on the drivers side, front strut pillar. I have a 2004 outback sedan it is located in the tank. This link below is for a 2006 imprza sti but it is close to how you would do a outback sedan. You only have to remove the rear seat to access the fuel pump. http://www.iwsti.com/forums/how-install/166487-gd-fuel-filter-replacement.html
The strut spring with a spring compressor. Be very careful as the strut spring will be under several hundred pounds of pressure. Remove the top and bottom strut retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new strut.
Compress the strut spring with a spring compressor. Remove the retaining bolts from the top and bottom of the strut. Remove the strut assembly. Reverse the process to install the new strut.
Begin by compressing the strut spring with a spring compressor. Remove the strut retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new strut.
there are 4, each above the strut holding the spring on
Begin by compressing the strut spring with a spring compressor. Be very careful as the strut spring will be under hundreds of pounds of pressure. Remove the strut retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new struts.