Front Suspension - Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual

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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
BALL JOINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
COIL SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

FRONT SUSPENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LOWER CONTROL ARM
McPHERSON STRUT ASSEMBLY
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
STEERING KNUCKLE
WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HUB/BEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LOWER CONTROL ARM
MCPHERSON STRUT ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . 13
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
STEERING KNUCKLE
GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
CAUTION: ONLY FRAME CONTACT HOISTING
EQUIPMENT CAN BE USED ON THIS VEHICLE. All
vehicles have a fully independent rear suspension.
The vehicles can not be hoisted using equipment
designed to lift a vehicle by the rear axle. If this
type of hoisting equipment is used, damage to rear
suspension components will occur.
CAUTION: At no time when servicing a vehicle,
can a sheet metal screw, bolt or other metal fas-
tener be installed in the shock tower to take the
place of an original plastic clip. Also, NO holes can
be drilled into the front shock tower in the area
shown in (Fig. 1), for the installation of any metal
fasteners into the shock tower.
Because of the minimum clearance in this area
(Fig. 1) installation of metal fasteners could damage
the coil spring coating and lead to a corrosion failure
of the spring. If a plastic clip is missing, or is lost or
broken during servicing a vehicle, replace only with
the equivalent part listed in the Mopar parts catalog.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
FRONT SUSPENSION
This vehicle has a gas pressurized MacPherson
strut front suspension design (Fig. 2).
FRONT SUSPENSION
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METAL FASTENERS ARE TO NO SHEET METAL SCREWS, BOLTS, BE DRILLED INTO SHOCK TOWER ALSO, NO HOLES ARE TO TOWER BE INSTALLED INTO SHOCK SHOCK OR IN IN TOWER ANY THIS THIS OTHER AREA. AREA. SAME
INDEX
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
FRONT WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS . . . . . . . . 25
HUB BEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LOWER CONTROL ARM
MCPHERSON STRUT
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
STEERING KNUCKLE
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
BALL JOINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
LOWER CONTROL ARM FRONT ISOLATOR
BUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR ISOLATOR
BUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
McPHERSON STRUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SPECIFICATIONS
FRONT SUSPENSION FASTENER
TORQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SPECIAL TOOLS
FRONT SUSPENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fig. 1 Shock Tower To Spring Minimum Clearance
A MacPherson strut assembly is used in place of
the front suspension upper control arm and upper
ball joint. The bottom of the MacPherson strut,
mounts directly to the steering knuckle using 2
attaching bolts and nuts going through the clevis
COIL SPRING
SUSPENSION
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