Rear Cross-Member: Service and Repair

CROSSMEMBER
Removal Procedure
1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
2. Remove the parallel links.





3. Remove the stabilizer shaft-to-stabilizer link nuts and remove the rear crossmember.





4. Remove the stabilizer shaft clamp bolts and remove the stabilizer shaft and insulators from the rear crossmember.

Installation Procedure





1. Install the stabilizer shaft and the insulators and secure them with the stabilizer shaft clamps and the bolts.
Tighten the stabilizer shaft clamp bolts to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the rear crossmember and connect the stabilizer shaft to the stabilizer links.





3. Install the stabilizer shaft-to-stabilizer link nuts.
Tighten the stabilizer shaft-to-stabilizer link nuts to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
4. Install the parallel links.
5. Lower the vehicle.