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Rear Stabilizer: Installation

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CAUTION:
  • Be sure to use a new flange nut.
  • Always tighten bushings with wheels in full contact with the ground and the vehicle at curb weight.
  • When installing, align the edge of identification paint on the stabilizer to the end face of the bushing.
    Fig 1: Identifying Identification Paint And Bushing
    G06343216Courtesy of SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.

Install in the reverse order of removal.

Tightening torque: 

Stabilizer link 

60 N.m (6.1 kgf-m, 44 ft-lb) 

Stabilizer clamp 

38 N.m (3.9 kgf-m, 28 ft-lb)