Chrysler 1997 Stratus Convertible RHD Service Manual page 29

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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
COIL SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT
LOWER CONTROL ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STEERING KNUCKLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT . . . . . . . . . 9
UPPER CONTROL ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
HUB/BEARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY WEAR
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
LOWER CONTROL ARM
SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STEERING KNUCKLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
UPPER BALL JOINT WEAR INSPECTION
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
FRONT SUSPENSION
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SHOCK COILSPRING TOWER
INDEX
UPPER CONTROL ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
FRONT HUB/BEARING ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . 25
LOWER CONTROL ARM
SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY
STABILIZER BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
STEERING KNUCKLE
UPPER CONTROL ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WHEEL MOUNTING STUDS
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
CONTROL ARM CLEVIS BUSHING
LOWER BALL JOINT SEAL BOOT . . . . . . . . . . 38
LOWER CONTROL ARM FRONT ISOLATOR
BUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR ISOLATOR
BUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SHOCK ABSORBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
STABILIZER BAR BUSHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
UPPER BALL JOINT SEAL BOOT . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SPECIFICATIONS
FRONT SUSPENSION FASTENER TORQUE
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SPECIAL TOOLS
FRONT SUSPENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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.
Fig. 1 Shock Tower To Spring Minimum Clearance
SHOCK TOWER IN THIS SAME AREA. ALSO, NO HOLES ARE TO BE DRILLED INTO BE INSTALLED IN SHOCK TOWER AREA. ANY OTHER METAL NO SHEET METAL SCREWS, BOLTS, OR FASTENERS ARE TO
SUSPENSION
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