Front

REMOVAL
1. Raise vehicle on jack stands or centered on a frame contact type hoist. See Hoisting in the Lubrication and Maintenance section of this manual, for the required lifting procedure to be used for this vehicle.

NOTE: The attaching bolts for the cradle plate are of two different thread sizes. Nine of the bolts are a M-14 thread and one of the bolts is a M-12 thread. For the cradle plate attaching bolt locations.






2. Remove the 10 bolts attaching the cradle plate to the front suspension cradle. Then remove the cradle plate from the cradle.






CAUTION: When removing the nut from the stud of the stabilizer bar link, do not allow the stud to rotate in it's socket. Hold the stud from rotating by placing an open-end wrench on the flat machined into the stud.

3. Remove the stabilizer bar links from each end of the stabilizer bar. To do so, place an open end wrench on the flat machined into the link's mounting stud, then remove the nut while holding the wrench in place. Push each stud out of the hole in







4. Remove the stabilizer bar bushing retainers from the front suspension cradle.
5. Remove the stabilizer bar and bushings as an assembly from the front suspension cradle.

INSTALLATION







1. If the stabilizer bar to front suspension cradle bushings require replacement at time of inspection, install new bushings before installing stabilizer bar. Bushings are replaced by opening slit on bushings and peeling them off stabilizer bar. Install new bushings on stabilizer bar by spreading bushing at slit and forcing them on the stabilizer bar. Bushings must be installed on stabilizer bar so slit in bushing will be facing toward the rear of vehicle with the square corner toward the ground, when the stabilizer bar is installed on the vehicle.






2. Position stabilizer bar into front suspension cradle so stabilizer bar bushings are aligned with depressions in cradle. Install stabilizer bar bushing retainers onto crossmember aligning raised bead on retainer with cutouts in bushings. Do not tighten Stabilizer bar bushing retainers at this time.







3. Check position of the stabilizer bar in the front suspension cradle. The center of the curved section of the stabilizer bar must be aligned with the raised line in the center of the front suspension cradle.
4. Install the stabilizer bar link mounting stud through the hole in each end of the stabilizer bar.

CAUTION: When installing the nut on the mounting stud of the stabilizer bar link, do not allow the stud to rotate in it's socket. Hold the stud from rotating by placing an open-end wrench on the flat machined into the stud.

5. Hand-thread the nut on the end of each stabilizer bar link stud. Hold the studs from turning by placing an open-end wrench on the flat machined into the link's mounting stud, then tighten each nut while holding the wrench in place. Tighten each nut to a torque of/ e88 Nm (65 ft. lbs.).

6. Tighten the stabilizer bar bushing retainer to cradle attaching bolts to 68 Nm (50 ft. lbs.) torque.

7. Install the cradle plate on front suspension cradle and then install the 10 cradle plate to cradle attaching bolts . Tighten the 9 M-14 attaching bolts to a torque of 165 Nm (123 ft. lbs.). Tighten the 1 M-12 attaching bolt to a torque of 108 Nm (80 ft. lbs.).
8. Lower the vehicle.