1. Place the vehicle on an inspection pit or lift and support the front of the vehicle.
Attention! Brake the car with the parking brake and install the anti-rollback stops ("shoes") under the rear wheels.
2. Remove the additional muffler (see "Replacing the additional muffler").
3. Unscrew one nut securing the stabilizer struts on both sides of the vehicle.
4. Unscrew the two nuts securing the stabilizer bar brackets on both sides of the vehicle.
5. Remove the stabilizer bar together with the brackets and struts.
Note: If you only need to replace the stabilizer struts or their bushings, unscrew the nuts that secure the struts to the arms and knock the struts off the stabilizer bar with a wooden or polymer hammer.
6. Inspect the stabilizer bar. It should not be deformed, and its ends should be in the same plane. If the geometry of the rod changes, replace it.
7. Remove the brackets from the stabilizer bar cushions.
8. If the stabilizer cushions are worn, torn, have lost elasticity or do not fit tightly on the rod, replace the stabilizer bar assembly with the cushions.
9. Inspect the struts and bushings. Replace warped posts and bushings if they are worn, torn, cracked, have lost elasticity, or do not fit tightly on the bar.
Note: Since replacing worn rubber bushings on the stabilizer struts requires a press, it is easier to replace the strut together with the bushings.
10. Install the rod and tighten the nuts securing the stabilizer cushion brackets.
11. Tighten the strut mounting nuts until the gaps between the struts and levers are selected.
12. Install the additional muffler (see "Replacing the additional muffler").
13. After placing the car on the wheels, finally tighten all stabilizer mounting nuts with the suspension loaded (the car is installed on an inspection pit). The tightening torque of the rack mounting nuts is 43–53 N·m (4.3–5.3 kgf·m), and the bracket mounting nuts are 13–16 N·m (1.3–1.6 kgf·m).