Front Suspension
Front Transverse LinkREMOVAL
1) Set the vehicle on a lift.
2) Lift up the vehicle, and remove the wheels.
3) Remove the sub frame.
4) Remove the stabilizer link from the transverse link.
5) Remove the bolt securing the ball joint of the transverse link to the housing.
6) Remove the nut securing the transverse link to the crossmember. (Do not remove the bolt.)
7) Remove the two bolts securing the bushing bracket of the transverse link to the rear bushing location on the body.
8) Extract the ball joint from housing.
9) Remove the bolt securing the transverse link to crossmember and extract the transverse link from the crossmember.
INSTALLATION
1) Temporarily tighten the two bolts used to secure the transverse link to the body.
NOTE: These bolts securing the bushings are tightened to a point where they can still move back and forth in the oblong shaped hole in the bracket.
2) Install the bolts which connect the transverse link to the crossmember, and temporarily tighten with a new self-locking nut.
3) Insert the ball joint into housing.
4) Connect the stabilizer link to the transverse link, and temporarily tighten the new self-locking nuts.
5) Tighten the following points in the order shown below when the wheels are in full contact with the ground and vehicle is at curb weight (empty).
1) Between transverse link and stabilizer
Tightening torque: 45 N-m (4.6 kgf-m, 33 ft-lb)
2) Between transverse link and crossmember
Tightening torque: 100 N-m (10.2 kgf-m, 74 ft-lb)
3) Between transverse link rear bushing and body
Tightening torque: 250 N-m (25.5 kgf-m, 184 ft-lb)
6) Inspect the wheel alignment and adjust if necessary.