Replacing parts of the front suspension anti-roll bar

You will need: keys "for 13", "for 15", a hex key "for 6", a screwdriver with a flat blade.

1. Hang the front of the car.



2. Lubricate the nuts with a WD-40 type penetrating lubricant or equivalent.



3. While holding the hinge pin from turning, unscrew the nut securing the hinge to the front suspension strut bracket..



4….and remove the nut.




5. Remove the wire fixing bracket.



6. Disconnect the upper stabilizer link from the front suspension strut bracket.



7. Similarly turn off a nut of fastening of a finger of the lower hinge of a rack to a bar of the stabilizer.

8. Remove a rack of the stabilizer of cross stability.


9. To replace the anti-roll bar and its pads, remove the front suspension subframe (see Removing and installing front suspension subframe).



10. Turn out on two bolts of fastening of brackets of a bar of the stabilizer to a subframe of a forward suspension bracket and remove a bar in gathering with brackets and rubber pillows.



11. Pry with a screwdriver..



12.... and remove the stabilizer bar mounting bracket.




13. Unclench the stabilizer bar cushion..



14….and remove it.

15. Similarly remove the second pillow.

16. Install the parts in the reverse order of removal; tighten bolts and nuts to the torque specified in Appendix 1.

17. Bleed the power steering system (see Bleeding the Power Steering System).

NOTE: After replacing anti-roll bar parts, check and adjust wheel alignment if necessary (see Checking and Adjusting Wheel Alignment). Use the services of workshops with special equipment.