Attention! Brake the car with the parking brake and install the anti-rollback stops ("shoes") under the rear wheels.
1. Unscrew one nut securing the stabilizer struts on both sides of the vehicle.
2. Unscrew the two nuts securing the stabilizer bar brackets on both sides of the vehicle.
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3. Remove the brackets and stabilizer bar together with the struts.
4. If you only need to replace the stabilizer struts or their bushings, unscrew the nuts that secure the struts to the levers and knock the struts off the stabilizer bar with a wooden or polymer hammer.
5. Inspect the stabilizer bar. It should not have any deformations, the ends should be in the same plane. If the geometry has changed slightly, the bar can be straightened, otherwise replace it. If the stabilizer pads are worn, torn, have lost their elasticity, or do not fit tightly on the bar, replace them.
6. Inspect the struts and bushings. Replace any warped struts, and replace the bushings if they are worn, torn, cracked, loose, or do not fit tightly on the bar.
Since replacing worn rubber bushings on the stabilizer struts requires a press, it is easier to replace the strut together with the bushings.
7. If you need to replace the stabilizer pads, place new pads on the rod at a distance of 350 mm from the center of the rod with the cuts towards the front of the car. Place the struts on the rod.
8. Install the rod and tighten the stabilizer cushion bracket mounting nuts until the gap in the cushion cuts is eliminated (if the pillows are split). The front nuts are tightened first (from the cut side), then the back ones.
9. Tighten the strut mounting nuts until the gaps between the struts and the levers are selected. Finally tighten all stabilizer mounting nuts with the suspension loaded (while the car is on the ground). The tightening torque for the strut mounting nuts is 43–53 N·m (4.3–5.3 kgf·m), and for the bracket mounting nuts – 13–16 N·m (1.3–1.6 kgf·m).