Front Stabilizer

Front Stabilizer

REMOVAL
1) Lift-up the vehicle.
2) Remove the jack-up plate from lower part of crossmember.
3) Remove the sub frame.
4) Remove the nut which secures stabilizer link to front transverse link.
^ Sedan turbo model and STI model





^ Except Sedan turbo model and STI model





5) Remove the bolts which secure stabilizer to crossmember.





INSTALLATION
1) Install in the reverse order of removal.

NOTE:
^ Install the bushing (on front crossmember side) while aligning it with paint mark on stabilizer.
^ Ensure that bushing and stabilizer have the same identification colors when installing.





2) Always tighten the bushing location when tires are in full contact with the ground and vehicle is curb weight.
Tightening torque:
Jack-up plate to crossmember:
70 Nm (7.1 kgf-m, 52 ft. lbs.)
Stabilizer link to front transverse link (Sedan turbo model and STI model):
45 Nm (4.6 kgf-m, 33 ft. lbs.)
Stabilizer link to front transverse link (Except Sedan turbo model and STI model):
30 Nm (3.1 kgf-m, 22 ft. lbs.)
Stabilizer to crossmember:
25 Nm (2.5 kgf-m, 18.1 ft. lbs.)

INSPECTION
1) Check the bushing for large cracks, fatigue or damage.
2) Check the stabilizer link for deformities, cracks, or damage, and bushing for protrusions from the hole of stabilizer link.