General Suspension Information

Suspension of Skoda cars of the Octavia type range is carried out by steel helical coil springs, with additional modern springs (CELLASTO special foam) and telescopic liquid shock absorbers. The suspension also includes anti-roll bars, which are installed as standard. In the rear axle, the pliable crossbar of the V-profile rear axle can also be attributed to the suspension, as well as the 18x3 tube welded in to increase transverse stabilization. Both of these elements act as a lateral stabilizer, resisting lateral deflection of the vehicle.

In the front axle, the helical spring is a part of the telescopic shock absorber and thus forms an independent assembly unit - an elastic assembly. With its lower part, the spring rests on a disc base welded to the outer tube of the shock absorber. The front elastic assembly mounting unit is one of the McPherson type front axle subsets. Actually, it performs the function of the kingpin of the steering knuckle.

The rear axle suspension has a coil spring as an independent assembly unit and a telescopic shock absorber mounted near the spring and directed away from the vehicle axle.

The control over the operation of suspension units, mainly telescopic shock absorbers, is checked in the ŠKODA service, which has the necessary measuring equipment, as well as the ability to check individual suspension units for various types and modifications of vehicles. If necessary, the replacement of the unit will be better done by the ŠKODA service, which has a list of types of springs and shock absorbers and their combinations according to the identification data of the car.

Of course, it is necessary to adhere to the principle that for a car of a certain type, modifications (performance) and year of manufacture when replacing elastic units - springs or telescopic shock absorbers - in each case, use spare parts of the same number or code designation (and therefore technical data), that are used in this car, i.e. were installed during the build process.

The next principle should always be the simultaneous replacement of both suspension units on the same axle.