Lower Arm B Removal and Installation

Lower Arm B Removal and Installation

Removal

1. Raise the rear of the vehicle, and support it with safety stands in the proper locations.
2. Remove the rear wheel.
3. Position the floor jack at the connecting point of lower arm B and the lower damper mount.
4. Disconnect the stabilizer link from lower arm B.





5. Remove the flange bolt (A) that connects lower arm B to the knuckle.
6. Remove the flange bolt (C) that connects lower arm B to the damper.
7. Lower the floor jack gradually.
8. Remove the spring (A) and the lower spring cushion (C).





9. Mark the cam positions of the adjusting bolt (D) and adjusting cam (E), then remove the self-locking nut (F), adjusting cam, and adjusting bolt. Set aside the self-locking nut and control arm mounting nut, then remove lower arm B.

Installation

1. Position lower arm B, and loosely install the new adjusting bolt (A), the adjusting cam (C), and the new self-locking nut (D).





2. Install the spring (E), and the lower spring cushion (F). Align the bottom of the spring and the lower spring cushion with lower arm B as shown.
3. Position the floor jack at the connecting point of lower arm B and the lower damper mount.





4. Slowly raise the floor jack until you align the bolt hole with the holes in lower arm B and the knuckle, then loosely install the new flange bolt (A).
5. Compress the damper by hand until you align the bolt hole with the holes in lower arm B and the damper, then loosely install the new flange bolt (C).
6. Connect the stabilizer link to lower arm B.
7. Raise the rear suspension with the floor jack until the vehicle just lifts off the safety stands, then tighten the flange bolts and the self-locking nut to the specified torque values.
8. Clean the mating surface of the brake disc/drum and the inside of the wheel, then install the rear wheel.
9. Check the rear wheel alignment, and adjust it if necessary.