OEM 2000 Toyota RAV4 Sway Bar Kit

2000 Toyota RAV4 Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the Sway Bar Kit on 2000 Toyota RAV4?

  A: Start the sway bar kit service by taking out the front wheels while tightening them to 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.). A torque of 44 Nm (450 kgf-cm, 33 ft. lbs.) must be applied to these four nuts when servicing the links of sway bar kits in 2 Door vehicles and 4 Door vehicles and all over fender vehicles but if the ball joint rotates with the nut use a 5 mm hexagon wrench to stabilize the stud. You should remove the sway bar kit through the steps of unbolting 4 small parts along with 2 brackets and removing the No.1 bushings using a torque of 29 Nm (300 kgf-cm, 22 ft. lbs.). It is essential to position the No.1 bushing outside the paint line while ensuring the bushing cutout points toward the vehicle's rear. Remove the sway bar kit from the right-hand side before you can access the two bushings by taking out both clamps using a screwdriver to extract the 2 cushions. During sway bar link inspection workers must rotate the ball joint stud 5 times in each direction prior to nut installation. Workers must apply torque using a wrench by giving the nut constant single rotations at a rate of 3 - 5 seconds for the 5th turn. Turning torque measurements must fall within 0.05 - 1.0 Nm (0.5 - 10 kgf-cm, 0.4 - 8.7 inch lbs.) for 2 Door vehicles and 0.05 - 2.0 Nm (0.5 - 20 kgf-cm, 0.4 The process of installation follows the exact opposite sequence as removal steps.