Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone.

Radius Arm: Service and Repair



1. Raise and support front of vehicle.
2. Remove stabilizer bar-to-tension rod bracket and insulator attaching nuts and bolts, if equipped.
3. Remove tension rod-to-body attaching nut and washer.

Fig. 1 Front suspension components:






4. Remove tension rod-to-control arm attaching nuts and bolts and the tension rod, Fig. 1.
5. Reverse procedure to install, using new self-locking nut. Torque tension rod-to-body nut to 72 ft. lbs. and tension rod-to-control arm bolts to 80 ft. lbs.