Rear Stabilizer: Installation

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CAUTION:

Be sure to use a new flange nut.
Always tighten bushings with wheels in full contact with the ground and the vehicle at curb weight.
When installing, align the edge of identification paint on the stabilizer to the end face of the bushing.

Fig 1: Identifying Identification Paint And Bushing
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Install in the reverse order of removal.

Tightening torque:

Stabilizer link

60 N.m (6.1 kgf-m, 44 ft-lb)

Stabilizer clamp

38 N.m (3.9 kgf-m, 28 ft-lb)