Front Cross-Member: Service and Repair
FRONT1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Remove front wheel and tire assemblies.
3. Disconnect left and right control arm brackets, then unscrew thrust rods on left and right sides of stabilizer bar.
4. Remove lower control arm retaining pin nuts.
5. Using a plastic hammer tap pins loose.
6. Remove stabilizer bar from vehicle.
7. Remove steering gear retaining bolts from front axle carrier.
8. On models with 4 cylinder engines, disconnect engine damper on front axle carrier.
9. On all models, remove left and right engine mount retaining nuts from front axle carrier.
10. Using engine hoist or equivalent, support engine.
11. Remove front axle carrier retaining bolts, then front axle carrier.
12. Reverse procedure to install.
REAR
1. Remove propeller shaft retaining bolts, then propeller shaft.
2. Remove left and right drive axle retaining bolts, then suspend axles with wire.
3. Remove upper carrier retaining bolts, then support drive axle carrier with transmission jack or equivalent.
4. Remove left and right front axle carrier retaining bolts.
5. Disconnect speed pulse transmitter electrical connections from rear axle carrier.
6. Remove mounting bolt on rubber mount, then lower rear axle carrier from vehicle.
7. Reverse procedure to install.