Subaru IMPREZA GD 2007 Series Manual page 3490

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REAR SUSPENSION
3. Rear Stabilizer
A: REMOVAL
1) Lift up the vehicle.
2) Remove the stabilizer link.
• Except for STI model
• STI model
3) Remove the bolt and nut which secure the stabi-
lizer to the stabilizer bracket.
Rear Stabilizer
B: INSTALLATION
1) Install in the reverse order of removal.
NOTE:
• Install the stabilizer bushing while aligning it with
the paint mark on the stabilizer.
• When installing, make sure that the stabilizer
bushing and stabilizer are labeled with the same
identification marks (paint mark).
RS-00100
(1) Paint mark of the stabilizer
(2) Stabilizer bushing identification color
2) Always tighten the stabilizer bushing in the state
where the vehicle is at curb weight and the wheels
are in full contact with the ground.
Tightening torque:
Stabilizer link to rear lateral link
RS-00163
45 N·m (4.6 kgf-m, 33.2 ft-lb)
Stabilizer to stabilizer bracket
25 N·m (2.5 kgf-m, 18.1 ft-lb)
C: INSPECTION
1) Check the bushing for major cracks, fatigue or
damage.
2) Make sure that the stabilizer link has no defor-
mation, cracks or damage or that the bushing is not
protruding from the hole in the stabilizer link.
RS-00112
RS-8
(1)
(2)
RS-00113