Removal - 2.0/2.4L
- Remove the air cleaner lid, disconnect the inlet air sensor and makeup air hose.
- Disconnect the negative battery cable.
- Loosen the upper generator T-bolt lock nut. See Fig 1.
- Raise vehicle on hoist.
- Remove the right front wheel.
- Remove the accessory drive splash shield. See Fig 2.
1 - ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT SPLASH SHIELD - Remove the pencil strut. See Fig 3.
1 - PENCIL STRUT - Loosen the lower pivot bolt. See Fig 4.
1 - LOWER PIVOT BOLT - Loosen the accessory drive belt t-bolt.
- Unplug field circuit from generator. See Fig 5.
1 - FIELD CONNECTOR 2 - BATTERY CONNECTION - Remove the B+ terminal nut and wire.
- Remove the generator belt, refer to COOLING for more information.
- Remove the axle retaining nut.
- Remove the lower control arm from steering knuckle.
- Remove axle shaft. Put a container under the transmission to catch the transmission fluid from the transmission.
- Remove the generator lower mounting bolt and nut from the upper T-bolt.
- Remove generator out the bottom. See Fig 6.