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Stabilizer Bar: Installation

  1. Connect stabilizer ball joints and stabilizer bar.
  2. Install stabilizer ball joints to lower arms.
    NOTE: Do not tighten stabilizer ball joint nuts completely.
  3. Install stabilizer bar mount bushing brackets.
  4. When installing stabilizer, loosely assemble all components while insuring that stabilizer is centered, side-to-side. See Fig 1 . Check that ball joint is set at neutral position seeing from body upper side.
  5. Tighten stabilizer bracket bolts and stabilizer ball joint nuts to specified torque.
Fig 1: Aligning Stabilizer Bar
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