OEM 2001 Toyota Avalon Control Arm

2001 Toyota Avalon Control Arm Parts Q&A

• Q: How to service and repair the rear control arm on 2001 Toyota Avalon?

  A: Repair of the rear control arm starts with removing the rear wheel which should be torqued to 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.). The parking brake cable needs detaching first before removing the bolt with 5.4 Nm torque (55 kgf-cm, 48 inch lbs.) to allow center exhaust pipe and strut rod removal. Then, two bolts and nuts must be removed at 113 Nm torque (1,150 kgf-cm, 83 ft. lbs.) while being careful not to rotate the nut. You should uninstall the No. 2 lower suspension arm by removing three nuts along with a suspension arm washer and washer with a torque value of 181 Nm (1,850 kgf-cm, 134 ft. lbs.) while keeping the paint mark oriented towards the rear when you reinstall the components. The steward should place a jack under the suspension member before taking off the 4 nuts along with the 2 bolts and 8 suspension member stoppers that need torques of 51 Nm (520 kgf-cm, 38 ft. lbs.) and 38 Nm (390 kgf-cm, 28 ft. lbs.). Lower the suspension member first and remove 2 bolts together with 2 washers and the No. 1 lower suspension arm while maintaining the paint mark at the back. The procedure for disassembly begins with loosening 2 lock nuts followed by turning the adjusting tube to break apart the No. 2 lower suspension arm before removing the 2 lock nuts. To assemble the No. 2 lower suspension arm use the adjusting tube while installing 2 lock nuts after verifying that A and B lengths are equal or less than 3.0 mm apart (0.118 inch). Adjust the arm length to 512.3 mm (20.169 inch). Adjustment of the rear wheel alignment must be done before torquing the 2 lock nuts to 56 Nm (570 kgf-cm, 41 ft. lbs.). Installation starts with the opposite order of removal steps until the rear wheel alignment must be checked.