FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY
Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
QR25DE Engine and VQ35DE Engine with M/T
- Remove wheel and tire. Refer to See: Wheels and Tires\Service and Repair.
- Remove engine under cover. Refer to See: Body and Frame\Bumper\Front Bumper\Service and Repair\Coupe (Coupe), See: Body and Frame\Bumper\Front Bumper\Service and Repair\Sedan (Sedan).
- Remove nut on lower portion of stabilizer connecting rod from transverse link.
- Remove transverse link from suspension member, and move the transverse link outward.
- Remove front exhaust tube. Refer to See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Exhaust System\Service and Repair\Removal and Installation (QR25DE), See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Exhaust System\Service and Repair\Removal and Installation (VQ35DE).
- Support engine or transmission with a jack.
- Remove steering gear bolts. Remove steering gear and power steering tube bracket from suspension member.
- Hang steering gear.
- Remove front and rear engine mount insulator bolts from suspension member.
- Remove body-side bolts from member pin stay.
- Set a jack under suspension member, and remove suspension member nuts.
- Slowly lower jack to remove suspension member from vehicle.
VQ35DE Engine with CVT
Engine, transmission and suspension member must be removed as an assembly. Refer to See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Engine\Service and Repair.
Once removed as an assembly, lift engine and transmission off of suspension member.
INSTALLATION
Installation is in the reverse order of removal.
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