Removal Procedure
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Place a jack stand under the torque tube.
- Remove the mounting bracket-to-body bolts (5) from the torque
tube bracket (4).
- Lower the jack stand slightly in order to gain access to the torque tube
bracket.
- Remove the torque tube-to-bracket through
bolt (7), nut (1), washers (2, 8), and spacers (3, 6).
- Remove the torque tube bracket.
Installation Procedure
Important: Do not tighten the torque tube bracket through
bolt. Hand tighten only until the bracket is secured to the vehicle body.
- Install the torque tube bracket.
- Install the torque tube-to-bracket through
bolt (7), nut (1), washers (2, 8), and spacers (3, 6).
- Raise the jack stand in order to install the torque tube mounting bracket
to the vehicle body.
Notice: Refer to Fastener Notice in the Preface section.
- Install the mounting bolts (5) to the torque tube bracket (4).
Tighten
• | Tighten the torque tube mounting bracket-to-body bolts to 55 N·m
(41 lb ft). |
• | Tighten the torque tube-to-bracket through bolt to 64 N·m
(47 lb ft). |
- Remove the jack stand.
- Lower the vehicle.