Removal and installation of the stabilizer (models up to 8/94)

Withdrawal

Put the car over a viewing hole or on a flyover.



Unscrew the 4 bolts securing the stabilizer clamps and remove the clamps.

Attention: When dismantling the clamps, the car must be on wheels and not supported by a garage jack.

Put the front of the car on the goats.



Loosen the stabilizer bar nut at the transverse link. Remove front disc washer -C-. B - rubber bushings; A - rear disc washer.



On one side of the car, unscrew the nut securing the inner support pin of the transverse lever and pull the pin out. Remove the washer.


Pull the transverse link out of the engine support beam.

Pull the stabilizer out of the rubber bushing of the released transverse arm.

Pull the stabilizer out of the rubber bushing of the fixed transverse arm.

Remove the rubber bushings from the stabilizer.

Attention: The rubber bushings have a welded metal bushing. Therefore, the support sleeves should only be opened to the extent that they can be removed.

Installation

Note: The rubber bushings have a welded-on metal bushing. During installation, the support sleeves must not open. To facilitate the installation of the support bushings, grease the stabilizer with glycerin.

Slide the support sleeves onto the stabilizer so that the slot in the installation position faces the direction of travel of the vehicle, i.e. forward.

Insert the stabilizer into the rubber bushings of the control arms. Place the front, deeply concave black cup washers and front plastic caps on the ends of the stabilizer.

Screw, without tightening, new fastening nuts onto the ends of the stabilizer.

Insert the stunned transverse lever into the engine support beam, insert the support pin with the washer and screw the fastening nut by hand.

Note: To mount the control arm support pin, have an assistant press inward on the outer edges of the wheel.

Lower the car.

Fit stabilizer clamps and tighten bolts evenly to 90 Nm.

Attention: Make sure that the rubber bushings fit correctly and do not twist.

Tighten the transverse arm support pin to 30 Nm. After that, with a locked torque wrench, without interrupting the tightening, tighten the nuts by another 90° (1/4 turn).

Tighten stabilizer mounting nuts to 110 Nm.