Subaru IMPREZA 2002 Service Manual page 21

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FRONT SUSPENSION
FRONT TRANSVERSE LINK
4. Front Transverse Link
A: REMOVAL
1) Set the vehicle on the lift.
2) Disconnect the ground terminal from battery.
3) Lift-up the vehicle and remove the wheel.
4) Remove the sub frame. <Ref. to FS-16, RE-
MOVAL, Sub Frame.>
5) Disconnect the stabilizer link from transverse
link.
6) Remove the bolt securing the ball joint of trans-
verse link to housing.
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7) Remove the nut (do not remove bolt.) securing
the transverse link to crossmember.
8) Remove the two bolts securing the bushing
bracket of transverse link to vehicle body at rear
bushing location.
9) Extract the ball joint from housing.
10) Remove the bolt securing the transverse link to
crossmember and extract the transverse link from
crossmember.
B: INSTALLATION
1) Temporarily tighten the two bolts used to secure
the rear bushing of the transverse link to body.
NOTE:
These bolts should be tightened to such an extent
that they can still move back and forth in the oblong
shaped hole in the bracket (which holds the bush-
ing).
2) Install the bolts used to connect the transverse
link to crossmember and temporarily tighten with
nut.
CAUTION:
Discard the loosened self-locking nut and re-
place with a new one.
3) Insert the ball joint into housing.
4) Connect the stabilizer link to transverse link, and
temporarily tighten bolts.
CAUTION:
Discard the loosened self-locking nut and re-
place with a new one.
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5) Tighten the following points in the order shown
below when the wheels are in full contact with the
ground and vehicle is curb weight.
Tightening torque:
(1) Transverse link and stabilizer
Sedan Turbo model:
Except sedan Turbo model:
(2) Transverse link and crossmember
100 N-m (10.2 kgf-m, 74 ft-lb)
(3) Transverse link rear bushing and body
250 N-m (25.5 kgf-m, 184 ff-16)
45 N.m (4.6 kgf-m, 33 ft-lb)
30 N m (3.1 kgf-m, 22 ft-lb)
Tigh tening torque:
Tightening torque:
FS-17