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Stabilizer Bar: Installation

  1. To install the cushions and retainers on the stabilizer bar, refer to STABILIZER BAR CUSHIONS  .
  2. Install the stabilizer bar, cushions and retainers on the vehicle as an assembly.
  3. Hook the lower ends of the cushion retainers in the slot in the back of the axle, then rotate the opposite end of the retainers upward so the mounting bolts can be installed. Install the mounting bolt though each cushion retainer, into the threads in the rear axle (Figure ). Tighten the rear stabilizer bar cushion retainer bolts at the axle to a torque of 61 N.m (45 ft. lbs.).
  4. Install each stabilizer bar link bolt and nut attaching the ends of the stabilizer bar to the links (Figure ). Do not tighten the bolt and nut at this time.
  5. Install both tire and wheel assemblies on the vehicle. Tighten the wheel mounting stud nuts in proper sequence until all nuts are torqued to half specification. Repeat the tightening sequence, this time, to full specified torque of 135 N.m (100 ft. lbs.).
  6. Lower the vehicle to ground level (curb height).
  7. Tighten the stabilizer bar link bolts and nuts to a torque of 65 N.m (48 ft. lbs.).
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