Stabilizer Bar And Isolator Bushings; Strut Tower To Coil Spring Minimum Clearance Area (Typical) - Chrysler 2000 LHS Owner's Manual

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DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING (Continued)
toward the front of the vehicle when the stabilizer
bar is installed (Fig. 6).
Fig. 6 Stabilizer Bar And Isolator Bushings
1 – STABILIZER BAR
2 – SLIT
3 – FRONT OF CAR
4 – SLIT
5 – ISOLATOR BUSHINGS
6 – RETAINERS
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
SERVICE WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS
WARNING: DO NOT REMOVE THE STRUT ASSEM-
BLY'S SHAFT NUT AT ANY TIME UNLESS THE COIL
SPRING HAS BEEN PROPERLY COMPRESSED
FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE LISTED IN DISAS-
SEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY IN THIS SECTION.
CAUTION: Only frame contact hoisting equipment
can be used on this vehicle. All vehicles have a
fully independent rear suspension. The vehicles
cannot 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 fastener 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 (Fig.
7), for the installation of any metal fasteners into
the shock tower. Because of the minimum clear-
ance in this area, installation of metal fasteners
could damage the coil spring coating and lead to a
corrosion failure of the spring.
Fig. 7 Strut Tower To Coil Spring Minimum
Clearance Area (Typical)
1 – SHOCK TOWER
2 – COIL SPRING
3 – NO SHEET METAL SCREWS, BOLTS, OR ANY OTHER
METAL FASTENERS ARE TO BE INSTALLED INTO SHOCK
TOWER IN THIS AREA. ALSO, NO HOLES ARE TO BE
DRILLED INTO SHOCK TOWER IN THIS SAME AREA.
STRUT ASSEMBLY (FRONT)
REMOVAL
(1) Raise vehicle on jackstands or centered on a
frame contact type hoist. See Hoisting in the Lubri-
cation and Maintenance section of this manual for
the required lifting procedure to be used for this
vehicle.
(2) Remove front tire and wheel assembly from the
vehicle.
(3) Remove the stabilizer bar attaching link nut at
the strut assembly. Remove the attaching link from
the strut assembly (Fig. 8).
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