Removal

REMOVAL

1. Raise vehicle.
2. Remove the bolts fastening the power steering cooler to the front suspension cradle crossmember reinforcement (Figure 1).




Figure 1 Power Steering Cooler






3. Remove the lower control arm rear bushing retainer bolts located on each side of each lower control arm rear bushing.

NOTE: The bolts fastening the cradle crossmember reinforcement are of two different thread sizes. Note the location of the various sizes.

4. Remove the bolts attaching the cradle crossmember reinforcement to the front suspension cradle crossmember (Figure 2). Remove the 2 bolts fastening the reinforcement and rear of cradle crossmember to the body of the vehicle. Remove the reinforcement.




Figure 2 Cradle Crossmember Reinforcement Attachment







CAUTION: When removing the nut from the stud of the stabilizer bar link, do not allow the stud to rotate in it's socket. Hold the stud from rotating by placing an open-end wrench on the flat machined into the stud (Figure 3).

5. Remove the stabilizer bar links from each end of the stabilizer bar (Figure 3). To do so, place an open-end wrench on the flat machined into the link's mounting stud, then remove the nut while holding the wrench in place. Push each stud out of the hole in the stabilizer bar.




Figure 3 Stabilizer Bar Link To Stabilizer Bar Attachment






6. Remove the stabilizer bar bushing (cushion) retainers from the front suspension cradle crossmember (Figure 4).




Figure 4 Front Stabilizer Bar Retainers






7. Remove the stabilizer bar and bushings (cushions) as an assembly from the front suspension cradle crossmember.