850/S70/V70/C70
Front Sway-bar install
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NOTE:
This guide is only here to be a
supplement to the IPD instructions.
Raise the
front of the car and support
on jack stands here on both sides.
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Once
safely supported on jack stands
you begin by remove five steering rack bolts from below.
Remove
the two brackets that use torx
screws. These two brackets are located on the front and rear sub
frame cross members.
Here is
the one on the front sub frame
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And
here is the one on the rear sub
frame
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Place a
jack on the rear of the sub
frame and jack it up to support the rear of the sub frame. See the
jack in far right side of the picture.
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Once
supported remove the two bolts
that secure the sub frame brackets to the body. Do this on both
sides.
Remove
only the rear sub frame bolts
and only loosen the front sub frame bolts. Slowly rotate each nut one
full turn. One full turn on the rear left bolt, then one full turn
on the front left bolt, then one full turn the front right bolt and
then finally one full turn on the rear right bolt. Slowly lower the
rear of the sub frame using the jack. Repeat the process four times.
The front sub frame bolts are only rotated 4 full turns
that’s it. Once the fronts have been loosened proceed to turn
the rears only
one full turn. This way the sub frame is lower in a controlled
manner that results in less broken bolts.
Front sub
frame bolt
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After
the sub frame has been lowered
remove the end links. Place a wrench in a gap between the end link
and the sway bar, and then use a socket wrench to release the nut.
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Once the
end links are removed, remove
the sway bar by removing the sway bar u-bracket bolts on both left
and right sides.
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The
installation is basically the
reverse.
You begin
by placing the new bar into
place. Then you lube up the supplied bushings with IPD supplied lube
and place the U-bracket bolts through their respective holes. As you
begin to tighten the bolts make sure that the sway bar has been
pushed as far back as possible to avoid any obstruction with things
like steering arms. Tighten the U-bracket bolts to 37 ft*lbs
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Now
raise the rear of the sub frame
with the jack and make sure that the steering rack studs go into the
sub frame as it is raised.
Once
the sub frame is raised install
the two long sub frame bolts through the brackets as well as the two
bracket bolts on both sides. Don’t tighten anything yet.
Now that everything is almost in place,
start by tightening the driver side sub frame bolts first on the
front and then on the rear to 77 ft*lbs and then another 120 degrees
(when I did this I could not tighten them another 120 degrees
completely). After you have done the driver’s side, do the
same
thing on the passenger side.
Looks like this.
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After you
have tightened the main sub
frame bolts now tighten the sub frame bracket bolts on both sides to
37 ft*lbs.
Re attach
the two brackets that are
attached using the torx screws.
Lower the
car, make sure everything is
clear and have the car aligned.
Special Thanks To: Kashif
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