Front Cross-Member: Service and Repair

REMOVAL





1. Raise the vehicle and position the jack stands.
2. Detach the front and rear roll stopper brackets from the engine mounting bracket.
3. Remove the center member assembly.
4. Remove the stabilizer link mounting nut.





5. Remove the lower arm bushing mounting bolts and nuts.





6. To remove the crossmember, remove the steering gear box mounting bolts, and then support the steering gear and linkage on the vehicle side as illustration.
7. Remove the crossmember.

INSPECTION
1. Check the crossmember for cracks or deformation.
2. Check each insulator and the bushings for cracks or deterioration.
3. Check the center member for cracks or deformation.

INSTALLATION
1. Remove the side rear seat back.





2. Install the crossmember while supporting it with a transaxle jack.
3. Install steering gear box assembly and stabilizer bar link to the vehicle.
4. Install lower arm bushing mounting bolts and nuts.





5. Install front and rear roll stopper brackets to the center member as illustration.
6. Install the center member assembly.
7. Temporarily tighten the front roll stopper bracket bolt. After the total weight of the engine has been placed on the vehicle body, securely tighten the nut.

Tightening torque:
Center member mounting bolt: 60 - 80 Nm (600 - 800 kg.cm, 43 - 58 ft. lbs.)

Tightening torque:
Front roll stopper bracket to member bolt: 30 - 40 Nm (300 - 400 kg.cm, 25 - 29 ft. lbs.)

Tightening torque:
Rear roll stopper bracket to center member bolt: 30 - 40 Nm (300 - 400 kg.cm, 25 - 29 ft. lbs.)

Tightening torque:
Insulator to transaxle mounting bracket bolts: 45 - 60 Nm (450 - 600 kg.cm, 33 - 43 ft. lbs.)