1. Place the vehicle on an inspection pit or lift and support the front of the vehicle. Remove the wheel.
Attention! Brake the car with the parking brake and install the anti-rollback stops ("shoes") under the rear wheels.
Caution! Loosen and tighten the wheel mounting bolts only with the vehicle on the ground. Tightening torque of bolts 65–95 N·m (6.5–9.5 kgf·m).
2. Apply WD-40 type liquid to the threaded connections of the lever.
3. Loosen the nut securing the stabilizer bar to the arm, holding the bolt from turning, and remove the bolt.
4. Unscrew the nut securing the tensioner to the lever, holding the tensioner with a wrench so that it does not turn in the rubber-metal hinges.
5. Remove the special washer.
6. Press the ball joint pin out of the lever (see "Replacing the ball joint").
7. Loosen the lever mounting nut, holding the bolt from turning, remove the spring washer and take out the bolt.
8. Remove the end of the lever from the bracket on the body and remove the lever from the tensioner.
9. Remove the special washer 2 and the pack of adjusting washers 1 from the tensioner, counting their number (if they are installed). Mark the washers so that they can be installed on the same side of the lever later.
10. Signs of wear of the rubber-metal hinges of the lever are breaks and one-sided bulging of the rubber, peeling of the rubber from the metal bushing.
Replacing the rubber-metal hinges of the lever requires special tools and skills.
11. Install the new lever in the reverse order of removal. Install the adjusting washers in the same quantity, and the chamfers on their internal diameters should be directed towards the thrust shoulder of the tensioner. Final tighten the suspension bolts with the vehicle on the ground. After lowering the car to the ground, rock it vigorously several times. Tighten the nuts securing the ball joint to the arm and the arm to the body bracket to a torque of 80–96 N·m (8.0–9.6 kgf·m), the nut securing the tie rod to the arm to a torque of 160–180 N·m (16.0–18.0 kgf·m), and the nut securing the anti-roll bar strut to the arm to a torque of 42–52 N·m (4.2–5.2 kgf·m). After driving 100 km, tighten these threaded connections again to the specified torques.