OEM 2001 Toyota 4Runner Sway Bar Kit

2001 Toyota 4Runner Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the Sway Bar Kit on 2001 Toyota 4Runner?

  A: The repair process for sway bar kits should start with front wheel removal followed by an application of 110 Nm torque. The procedure for sway bar link removal starts with detaching the lower suspension arm by taking off 2 nuts while applying 69 Nm (700 kgf-cm, 51 ft. lbs.) torque. A hexagon wrench should be used to keep the stud still when the stud rotates with the nut. Users should remove the sway bar kit by detaching its 2 bolts and nuts and extracting the sway bar kit and accompanying bushings and brackets with a torque of 25 Nm (260 kgf-cm, 19 ft. lbs.). Open the sway bar kit by taking off its 2 brackets and bushings where the bushings must face forward during reinstallation. Detach the sway bar links starting with holding the link while removing the nuts, retainers and bushings before tightening them to 19 Nm (190 kgf-cm, 14 ft. lbs.). The ball joint rotation inspection should begin by bouncing the ball joint stud 5 times before installing the nut and using a torque wrench to apply a continual turn every two-to-four seconds until reaching the fifth turn where the torque reading must fall within 0.05 to 2.0 Nm (0.5 to 20 kgf-cm, 0.4 to 17 inch lbs.). The final step involves performing installation by following the reverse sequence of removal.