Subaru XT 1988 Service Manual page 792

SUSPENSION
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10) Lower jack gradually and draw out from beneath vehicle
body with rear suspension ASSY on it.
Put dismounted rear suspension ASSV on soft material (rag,
corrugated paper, tire, etc.) to prevent brake backplate and/or
brake drum from being damaged.
DISASSEMBLY
• How to check for damage and cracks
If damage or cracks cannot be confirmed vi sua II y, check the
following areas using the dye check method.
(1) The areas where paint has been peeled off.
(2) The areas where rust has formed.
ASSEMBLY
1) Install temporarily outer arm to crossmember.
2) Fit inner arm to crossmember and insert the connecting
bolt, then tighten new nut temporarily.
3) Tighten bolts connecting the inner and outer arms tem-
porarily.
4) Stabilizer equipped vehicle only:
Fit stabilizer to inner arm, and tighten stabilizer brackets with
bolts.
Torque:
18 - 22 N·m (1.8 - 2.2 kg-m, 13 - 16 ft-Ib)
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5) Install shock absorber to inner arm at lower end of shock
Fig.
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FWD as example
1) Remove rear floating bush at both ends of rear cross-
member.
2) Remove shock absorber from inner arm at lower end of
shock absorber.
3) Stabilizer equipped vehicle only:
Remove stabilizer clamp bolts.
Remove stabilizer from inner arm.
Bushes on the removed stabilizer should be left as they are, in
order to readily mate them with clamps in re·fitting the
stabilizer.
4) Remove bolt connecting outer arm to crossmember, and
also bolts connecting outer arm to inner arm.
5) Remove inner arm from crossmember.
(1) Remove nut.
(2) Pull out bolt from the crossmember bracket.
INSPECTION
Check the removed parts as follows, and if a fault is detected
on any part, replace with a new one.
1) Check for wear, damage, deformation, or cracks.
2) Check the threads of bolts, nuts, and mating parts for
deformation or damage.
3) Check the bottom part or oil seal portion of the shock
absorber for oil leakage.
4) Be sure to replace the spring pin for the drive shaft with a
new one when reassembling.
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absorber temporarily.
INSTALLATION
To install, reverse the removal procedure.
a. Bolts for bush portions should be tightened with arms held
in unloaded vehicle condition.
b. After installation, check and adjust the following:
(1) Air bleeding of brake system
(2) Rear wheel alignment
c. Tighten bolts and nuts to the specified torque.
Inner arm to outer arm:
127 - 147 N·m (13.0 - 15.0 kg·m, 94 - 108 ft-Ib)
Inner arm to crossmember:
69 - 88 N'm (7.0 - 9.0 kg-m, 51 - 65 ft-Ib)
Shock absorber to inner arm:
88 - 118 N·m (9.0 - 12.0 kg-m, 65 - 87 ft-Ib)
Flare nut (Brake hose to brake pipe):
13 - 18 N'm (1.3 - 1.8 kg-m, 9 - 13 ft-Ib)
Wheel nut:
78 - 98 N·m (8.0 - 10.0 kg-m, 58 - 72 ft·lb)
See "COMPONENT PARTS" for the tightening torque
of the suspension parts.
Other parts except the above must be tightened with the
torque value described in the associated chapter.