Front

Front Stabilizer

REMOVAL
1. Jack-up the front part of the vehicle and support it with safety stand (rigid racks).
2. Remove jack-up plate from lower part of crossmember.







3. Remove bolts which secure stabilizer to crossmember.







4. Remove bolts which secure stabilizer link to front transverse link.



INSTALLATION

CAUTION: Discard old self-locking nut and replace with a new one.

1. Install in the reverse order of removal.







NOTE: Install bushing (on front crossmember side) while aligning it with paint mark on stabilizer.
Ensure that bushing and stabilizer have the same identification colors when installing.

2. Always tighten rubber bushing location when wheels are in full contact with the ground and vehicle is at curb weight.

Tightening torque:
Jack-up plate to crossmember:
20 Nm (2.0 kgf-m, 14 ft. lbs.)
Stabilizer link to front transverse link:
30 Nm (3.1 kgf-m, 22 ft. lbs.)
Stabilizer to crossmember:
25 Nm (2.5 kgf-m, 18.1 ft. lbs.)


INSPECTION
1. Check bushing for cracks, fatigue or damage.
2. Check stabilizer link for deformities, cracks, or damage, and bushing for protrusions from the hole of stabilizer link.