Base Stabilizer Bar: Notes
REMOVAL
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to HOISTING, STANDARD PROCEDURE .
- Remove the stiffening plate. Refer to PLATE, STIFFENING, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Remove the torque box crossmember. Refer to CROSSMEMBER, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Disconnect both stabilizer bar links from the stabilizer bar. Refer to LINK, STABILIZER BAR, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION .
- Remove the heat shield bolts and remove the heat shield.
1 - Stabilizer Bar Bolts 2 - Heat Shield Bolts - Remove the stabilizer bar bolts from both sides.
- Remove the stabilizer bar, brackets, and bushings as an assembly.
- Remove the stabilizer bar brackets from the bushings.
- Remove the stabilizer bar bushings from the stabilizer bar.
INSTALLATION
Follow the removal procedure in reverse for general reassembly of the components on the vehicle.