Suzuki XL7 2007 Service Manual page 1031

Step
1. Inspect the wheel drive shafts, if equipped, for damage,
abnormal and/or excessive wear.
2. If the inspection indicated that a wheel drive shaft is
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damaged, abnormally and/or excessively worn, replace
the shaft.
Did you find and correct a condition?
1. Inspect the wheel bearings for wear and/or damage. Refer
to the wheel bearing inspection procedure.
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2. Replace any of the wheel bearings found to be worn and/
or damaged.
Did you find and correct a condition?
1. Inspect the following suspension components for wear,
damage, looseness and/or possible contact with other
vehicle components:
– Struts/shock absorbers
– Springs
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– Bushings
– Insulators
2. Replace any of the suspension components found to be
worn, damaged, loose and/or contacting other vehicle
components.
Did you find and correct a condition?
1. Inspect the powertrain mounts—engine, transmission,
transfer case, and direct-mount differential, if equipped—
and any powertrain braces for the following conditions:
– Loose and/or missing fasteners
– Improper alignment
– Cracked, dry-rotted, and/or oil-soaked insulators
– Twisted, broken, torn, and/or collapsed insulators
– Bent, twisted, and/or deformed brackets
2. Replace powertrain mounts as necessary.
3. Inspect the exhaust system components for the following:
– Loose and/or missing fasteners
– Heat Shields
– Joints and/or couplings:
Nuts, bolts, studs, clamps, straps
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– Bracket and/or insulator mounting
– Inadequate clearance to body and/or chassis
components
Inspect with the exhaust system both COLD and HOT;
in NEUTRAL, FORWARD and REVERSE gears
– Improper alignment
– Disconnected and/or missing insulators
– Cracked, dry-rotted, and/or oil-soaked insulators
– Stretched, twisted, broken, torn, and/or collapsed
insulators
– Bent, twisted, cracked, and/or deformed brackets
4. Repair, replace, and/or realign exhaust system
components as necessary.
Did you find and correct a condition?
Inspect the vehicle trim height and adjust as necessary. Refer
11 to the vehicle trim height inspection procedure.
Did you find and correct a condition?
Action
Rear Suspension:
Yes
Go to Step 13 Go to Step 9
Go to Step 13 Go to Step 12
Go to Step 13 Go to Step 10
Go to Step 13 Go to Step 11
Go to Step 13 Go to Step 12
2C-4
No