Removing
- Raise the rear of the vehicle and secure it to stands
- Loosen the nuts and remove the stabilizer bar (pic. 14.74).
Pic. 14.74. Roll Stabilizer: 1 - anti-roll bar; 2 - bracket for fastening the stabilizer bushing; 3 - bushing; 4 - anti-roll bar; 5 - stabilizer bar bracket
- Turn out bolts and remove brackets of fastening of plugs of the stabilizer.
- Remove the anti-roll bar.
- If necessary, remove 3 bolts each and remove the stabilizer bar brackets.
Examination
- Check bushings for wear and deterioration.
- Check the anti-roll bar for bending or damage.
- Check the anti-roll bar ball joint dust covers for cracks.
- Check all bolts for wear and damage.
- Checking the Torque Required to Rotate the Anti-roll Bar Ball Joint Pin
- Rock the ball joint pin of the anti-roll bar several times from side to side. Install the special tool on the ball joint pin and use a torque wrench to measure the initial torque required to rotate the ball joint pin of the strut strut (pic. 14.75).
Pic. 14.75. Measuring the torque required to rotate the ball joint pin of the anti-roll bar
Torque: 1.7-3.1 Nm
- If the torque exceeds the allowable values, replace the anti-roll bar.
- If the torque is significantly below the allowable value; the ball joint can be reused as long as it does not jam or have excessive play.
- Checking the anti-roll bar ball joint dust boot
- Squeeze the dust cover with your fingers and check for cracks or damage.
- If the dust cover is cracked or damaged, replace the anti-roll bar.
- Replacing the anti-roll bar ball joint dust boot
- Only if the dust cover is damaged by accident while servicing the vehicle. replace it like this.
- Use a screwdriver blade to remove the snap ring and dust cover from the ball joint of the anti-roll bar (pic. 14.76).
Pic. 14.76. Using a screwdriver to remove the snap ring securing the ball joint boot
- Apply multipurpose grease to the inside surfaces of the new dust cover (pic. 14.77).
Pic. 14.77. Lubrication points on the inside surfaces of the new anti-roll bar dust cover
- Wrap plastic tape around the ball joint pin and place a dust cover on the ball joint.
- Establish a spring ring of fastening of a dustproof cover.
- Squeeze the dust cover with your fingers and check for cracks or damage.
Installation
- Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, taking into account the following.
- Since the positions of the right and left stabilizer bar brackets are different, install them according to the markings on the brackets (pic. 14.78).
Pic. 14.78. The location of the markings on the brackets of the anti-roll bar
- Check rear wheel alignment.