Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
Attention! Removed bolts and nuts of the front suspension mount are not reused and must be replaced. Strictly observe the tightening torque of threaded connections.
Removal
Place the vehicle on a two-post lift.
Disconnect the battery.
Remove:
- engine sump protection;
- lower bumper mounting bolts;
- wheels.
Lock the steering wheel with a special device.
Remove:
- front mudguards;
- two left and right rods;
- bolts for mounting brackets of brake pipe and ABS sensor;
- the front body height sensor rod of the xenon headlight corrector at point A, if any, disconnect the ABS sensors from the front suspension arm and from the subframe.
Remove:
- two aluminum side members,
- nuts for fastening the ball joint pins of the anti-roll bar struts, nuts for fastening the ball joint pins of the steering rod ends.
Unscrew the two bolts of the subframe mounting rod on the body B.
Remove the suspension arm mounting bolt nuts.
Install clamps on the steering hoses.
Remove:
- steering shaft cardan joint fork terminal bolt;
- power steering pipe mounting bolt;
- thrust mounting bolts;
- noise suppression rod mounting bolts and rear subframe mounting bolts.
Place a hydraulic jack under the subframe.
Disconnect the brake pipes and ABS sensor wires from the subframe and rods.
Unscrew the two bolts securing the subframe to the body and remove the subframe.
After removing the subframe, disassemble it.
Installation
Assemble the new subframe.
Replace the subframe bolts and tighten them to the specified torque. Installation is performed in the reverse order of removal.
Caution! When installing the steering shaft universal joint fork terminal bolt, it is necessary to adjust the steering column (see Steering).
Note: If the vehicle is equipped with xenon lamps, they must be initialized.