Subaru IMPREZA GD 2007 Series Manual page 3383

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3. Front Transverse Link
A: REMOVAL
1) Set the vehicle on a lift.
2) Lift up the vehicle, and remove the wheels.
3) Remove the sub frame.
4) Remove the stabilizer link from the transverse
link.
5) Remove the bolt securing the ball joint of the
transverse link to housing.
• STI model:
• Except for STI model:
6) Remove the nut securing the transverse link to
the crossmember. (Do not remove the bolt.)
7) Remove the two bolts securing the bushing
bracket of the transverse link to the rear bushing lo-
cation on the body.
8) Extract the ball joint from housing.
Front Transverse Link
9) Remove the bolt securing the transverse link to
crossmember and extract the transverse link from
the crossmember.
B: INSTALLATION
1) Temporarily tighten the two bolts used to secure
the transverse link to the body.
NOTE:
These bolts securing the bushings are tightened to
a point where they can still move back and forth in
the oblong shaped hole in the bracket.
FS-00026
2) Install the bolts which connect the transverse
link to the crossmember, and temporarily tighten
with a new self-locking nut.
3) Insert the ball joint into housing.
4) Connect the stabilizer link to the transverse link,
and temporarily tighten the new self-locking nuts.
• STI model:
FS-00068
• Except for STI model:
FS-00027
FS-13
FRONT SUSPENSION
FS-00028
FS-00026
FS-00068