Chrysler PT Cruiser Service & Repair Manual page 62

2 - 34 REAR SUSPENSION
AXLE - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE REAR (Continued)
1 - ISOLATORS
2 - JOUNCE BUMPER
3 - SHOCK ABSORBER
4 - WATTS LINK (UPPER)
NOTE: Both ends of the coil spring are identical.
Either end of the spring can be the top or bottom.
(6) Place the coil springs on top of the axle spring
perches.
(7) The coil springs require proper orientation to
the body when installed. To do this, turn the coil
springs (along with the rubber isolators) until the
flat end of each upper spring coil lines up with an
imaginary line running parallel with the axle beam
as shown (Fig. 19). Also, make sure that the upper
coils end near the outboard sides of the vehicle and
not 180 degrees of that location.
(8) Raise the transmission jack guiding the coil
springs into the spring mounting brackets on the
body of the vehicle. Raise the jack until the shock
absorber lower mounting bolts can be installed
Fig. 15 Rear Suspension
5 - WATTS LINK (LOWER)
6 - BELL CRANK
7 - AXLE
8 - COIL SPRING
though the axle brackets and shock absorber lower
mounting eyes (Fig. 15).
(9) Install the washer and nut on the end of each
shock absorber lower mounting bolt. Tighten the
mounting bolts to a torque of 88 N·m (65 ft. lbs.).
(10) Remove the jack.
(11) If equipped with a rear stabilizer bar, hook
the lower ends of the stabilizer bar cushion retainers
into the slots in the back of the axle, then rotate the
opposite end of the retainers upward so the mounting
bolts can be installed. Install the mounting bolt
though each cushion retainer into the threads in the
rear axle (Fig. 16). Tighten the rear stabilizer bar
cushion retainer bolts to a torque of 61 N·m (45 ft.
lbs.).
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