Removal And Installation

FRONT SUSPENSION MEMBER

Removal and Installation


REMOVAL

1.Perform adjustment before removal. (With 4WAS) Inspection And Adjustment.
2.Remove tires with power tool. Exploded View.
3.Remove front under cover with power tool. Front Under Cover.
4.Remove engine under cover with power tool. Service and Repair.
5.Remove suspension member stay with power tool.
6.Separate steering gear assembly and lower joint. Removal And Installation (without 4WAS), Removal And Installation (with 4WAS).
7.Separate steering outer socket from steering knuckle. Removal And Installation.
8.Remove wheel sensor and sensor harness from steering knuckle. Removal And Installation.
9.Remove stabilizer connecting rod and shock absorber from transverse link. Removal And Installation.
10.Remove stabilizer bar. Removal And Installation.
11.Install engine slinger, and then hoist engine. Removal And Installation
(VQ-37VHR), Removal And Installation (VK-56VD).
12.Remove transverse link from front suspension member. Removal And Installation.
13.Remove steering hydraulic piping bracket and steering gear from front suspension member. Service and Repair and Removal And Installation.
14.Set suitable jack front suspension member.

CAUTION:
Check that jack supporting status is stable.
15.Remove mounting nuts between engine mounting insulator and from front suspension member. Refer to
Removal And Installation (VQ-37VHR), Removal And Installation
(VK-56VD).
16.Remove front suspension member stay.
17.Remove suspension member mounting bolts and nuts, and then remove front suspension member.

CAUTION:
Operate while checking that jack supporting status is stable.
18.Perform inspection after removal. Inspection And Adjustment.

INSTALLATION

Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
- Perform final tightening of bolts and nuts at the vehicle installation position (rubber bushing), under unladen condition with tires on level ground.
- Perform inspection after installation. Inspection And Adjustment.