Rear Brake Proportioning Valve - Chrysler 2000 LHS Owner's Manual

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
Fig. 4 Rear Brake Proportioning Valve
1 – CROSSMEMBER ATTACHING BOLT
2 – REAR FLEX HOSE
3 – BRAKE PROPORTIONING VALVE
4 – REAR CROSSMEMBER
5 – ATTACHING NUT
(17) Remove the screw securing the fuel filler neck
to the left frame rail.
(18) Remove the final 2 bolts attaching the rear
suspension crossmember to the frame rails. These
are located at the rear corners of the crossmember
(Fig. 4).
(19) Lower rear suspension crossmember as low as
possible to allow for removal of lateral link attaching
bolt at left front corner of crossmember.
CAUTION: The bolts attaching the forward lateral
links to the crossmember must be installed with the
bolts pointing rearward (Fig. 2) to prevent damage
to the fuel tank and or fuel tubes. Also, the bolt
attaching the left rear lateral link must be installed
with the bolt pointing forward to prevent damage to
the fuel filler tube.
(20) Remove the link attaching bolt and link from
the left front corner of the crossmember.
(21) Remove the rear suspension crossmember
from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Install the rear suspension crossmember back
into vehicle above muffler. Make sure that the brake
tubes are properly routed above the crossmember as
it is installed.
(2) Install the rear proportioning valve mounting
brackets into mounting position at the rear corners of
the crossmember (Fig. 4). Install the attaching nuts.
(3) Install Intermediate parking brake cable rout-
ing clip into place on left front of crossmember (Fig.
3).
FRAMES AND BUMPERS
(4) Reattach left forward lateral link to crossmem-
ber. Install mounting bolt though the front of the
crossmember mount towards the rear. Do not install
and torque nut at this time.
CAUTION: The bolts attaching the forward lateral
links to the crossmember must be installed with the
bolts pointing rearward (Fig. 2) to prevent damage
to the fuel tank and or fuel tubes. Also, when
installing the bolt attaching the left rear lateral link,
install the bolt pointing forward to prevent damage
to the fuel filler tube.
(5) Raise the crossmember up against the frame
rails. Install, but do not fully tighten, the 2 bolts
attaching the rear of the crossmember to the frame
rails.
(6) Raise the exhaust into place. Reattach the 3
exhaust hangers previously removed from the muf-
fler and resonator.
(7) Remove transmission jack supporting muffler
and exhaust system.
(8) Reinstall the fuel filler neck attaching screw
and secure the fuel filler neck to the left frame rail.
(9) Position the rear parking brake cables into
crossmember alignment holes (Fig. 3).
(10) Install the retainer clips securing both rear
parking brake cables assemblies to the rear suspen-
sion crossmember (Fig. 3).
(11) Reconnect the right rear parking brake cable
to the intermediate parking brake cable.
(12) Install the parking brake cable tensioner to
the left rear parking brake cable.
(13) Install the parking brake cable tensioner to
the intermediate parking brake cable. Refer to Base
Brake System in Group 5 Brakes in this manual for
the required service procedure to install and properly
adjust the parking brakes.
(14) Install the 4 bolts attaching both stabilizer
bar isolator bushing retainers to the frame rails (the
2 rearward attaching bolts attach the front corners of
the rear suspension crossmember in place). Tighten
the forward stabilizer bar isolator bushing retainer
attaching bolts to 40 N·m (30 ft. lbs.). Tighten the 2
rearward stabilizer bar isolator bushing retainer
attaching bolts (which also serve as the front cross-
member attaching bolts) to 100 N·m (75 ft. lbs.).
(15) Tighten the rear suspension crossmember rear
attaching bolts to 100 N·m (75 ft. lbs.).
(16) Install the screw securing the brake tubes to
the left stabilizer bar isolator bushing retainer.
(17) Install the remaining 3 lateral links to the
rear suspension crossmember. The forward lateral
arm mounting bolts must point rearward, and the
rearward lateral arm mounting bolts must point for-
ward.
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