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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Saturn 🢒 2002 🢒 SL1/SC1 🢒 Engine 🢒 Engine Mechanical - 1.9L 🢒 Engine Strut To Frame Bracket Replacement

Removal Procedure

    Object Number: 860035 Size: SH

    Caution: Ensure that the vehicle is properly supported and squarely positioned. To help avoid personal injury when a vehicle is on a hoist, provide additional support for the vehicle on the opposite end from which the components are being removed.

  1. Raise the vehicle on a hoist.
  2. Remove the right front road wheel.

    3. Important: Remove the rear section of the splash shield first, then the front.

  3. Remove the right side splash shield.
  4. Remove the 2 push pins.

    5. Object Number: 859924 Size: SH

    Important: If molded-in fasteners are damaged or broken, drill out with a 5/15 in bit and replace with a push pin.

  5. Remove the lower shield to frame molded-in fasteners at the frame by gently prying at three fastener locations.
  6. Remove the engine strut-to-engine bracket bolt.
  7. Remove the engine strut-to-frame bracket bolt.
  8. Remove the 2 frame bracket-to-frame bolts.
  9. Place a screw-type jack under the engine oil pan. Use a block of wood between the oil pan and jack.
  10. Raise the powertrain using a screw-type jack enough to remove the strut. Once enough clearance is obtained, remove the strut.
  11. Remove the engine strut-to-frame bracket.

Installation Procedure

    Object Number: 859928 Size: SH
  1. Position the bracket to the frame.

    2. Important: Ensure that the small ear on the small end of the strut is facing up towards the accessory drive belt.

  2. Position the engine strut and install the strut-to-frame bracket and strut-to-engine bracket bolts.

    3. Important: Do not tighten the fasteners at this time.

  3. Install the NEW frame bracket-to-frame nuts.
  4. Lower the powertrain completely.

    5. Object Number: 859933 Size: SH
  5. Tighten the engine strut-to-frame bracket bolt and the engine strut-to-engine bracket bolt.

    6. Tighten
    Tighten the engine strut-to-frame bracket bolts to 70 N·m (52 lb ft).

  6. Tighten the engine strut bracket-to-frame nuts.

    7. Tighten
    Tighten the engine strut bracket-to-frame nuts to 50 N·m (37 lb ft).


    Object Number: 860035 Size: SH

    Important: Install the front section of the splash shield first, then the rear.

  7. Install the wheelhouse splash shield.
  8. Install the tabs in the body cut-out.

    9. Important: Ensure the splash shield flaps are tucked in at body locations.

  9. Align molded-in shield fasteners with the holes in the frame.

    10. Push straight in to install.

  10. Install the push pins.

    11. Notice: Before installing wheels, remove rust or corrosion from wheel mounting surfaces and brake rotors/drums. Failure to do so can cause wheel nuts to loosen in service.

  11. Position the right front wheel onto the hub.
  12. Install the wheel nuts and tighten in a crisscross pattern. Repeat the tightening pattern to ensure torque is correct.

    13. Tighten
    Tighten the wheel nuts to 140 N·m (103 lb ft).

  13. Lower the vehicle from the hoist.