Contents: Dismantling ⇩ Assembly ⇩
Dismantling
1. Remove the protective shield.
EXTERIOR PARTS, REPAIR WORK, Engine protection - front.
2. Raise the front of the vehicle and support it with stands.
CAUTION: Do not work under a vehicle supported solely by a jack or lift. Always support the vehicle with safety stands.
3. Remove the front wheels.
4. Loosen the anti-roll bar strut mounting nuts and disconnect the struts from the anti-roll bar.
CAUTION: Use a socket wrench to prevent the ball joint from rotating.
5. If installed on the vehicle: Remove the 2 nuts securing the anti-roll bar heat shield to the body and the 2 bolts securing the heat shield to the subframe. Remove the heat shield.
6. Place a support under the rear cross tube of the front subframe.
7. Unscrew 6 bolts and loosen 2 bolts (which are marked with arrows in the figure) front subframe mounts. Discard the removed bolts.
8. Lower the lower part of the subframe.
9. Remove the remaining stabilizer bar heat shield fasteners and remove the shield.
10. Unscrew 2 nuts securing each anti-roll bar support.
11. Move the stabilizer bar away from the subframe as shown in the figure and remove it from the vehicle.
CAUTION: The supports are included with the stabilizer bar and should not be removed from it.
Assembly
1. Move the anti-roll bar towards the subframe and set it to its original position.
2. Install the stabilizer bar supports into their mounting positions and lightly tighten the nuts.
3. Raise the subframe, install new subframe-to-body bolts and tighten to 165 N·m (122 lb ft). Tighten the two rear bolts by turning them an additional 90°.
4. Tighten the subframe-to-crossmember bolts to 132.5 N·m (97 lb ft).
5. Connect the stabilizer bar links, install the nuts and tighten them to 100 N·m (74 lb ft).
6. Reinstall the wheels and tighten the nuts to 140 N·m (103 ft·lbs).
7. Remove the supports and lower the vehicle.
8. Replace the protective shield.
EXTERIOR PARTS, REPAIR WORK, Engine protection - front.
9. Tighten the stabilizer bar mounting nuts to 19 N·m (14 lb ft).
10. Install the anti-roll bar heat shields and tighten the fasteners.
11. Check the wheel alignment angles.
STEERING, ADJUSTMENTS, Front wheel alignment angles - checking and adjustment.
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