OEM 2002 Toyota Avalon Control Arm

2002 Toyota Avalon Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the rear control arm on 2002 Toyota Avalon?

  A: The service and repair of the rear control arm starts with wheel removal along with torque application at 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.). After disconnecting the parking brake cable from its bolt you should remove the center exhaust hose and the strut rod. Then take off the 2 bolts with 113 Nm (1,150 kgf-cm, 83 ft. lbs.) torque while avoiding turning the nut. To reinstall, first maintain suspension stability before applying the torque to the bolts. Install the lower suspension arm No. 2 after taking off 3 nuts, the suspension arm washer, and washer and tightening them to 181 Nm (1,850 kgf-cm, 134 ft. lbs.) while making sure the paint mark sits in the correct rear orientation. A jack should support the suspension member during the removal process when 4 nuts, 2 bolts, and 8 suspension member stoppers are detached. The torque should be set to 51 Nm (520 kgf-cm, 38 ft. lbs.) for A type brackets and 38 Nm (390 kgf-cm, 28 ft. lbs.) for B type brackets. After lowering the suspension member remove 2 bolts and washers together with the No. 1 lower suspension arm by maintaining the paint mark in the rear position. The disassembly process requires users to first loosen two lock nuts before they can turn the adjusting tube to separate the No. 2 lower suspension arm followed by removing the lock nuts. Install the two lock nuts then use the adjusting tube to arrange the No. 2 lower suspension arm while keeping A and B lengths matching to within 3.0 mm (0.118 inch) of equal length and set the arm to 512.3 mm (20.169 inch). Lock the 2 nuts with moderate torque at first then tighten them to 56 Nm (570 kgf-cm, 41 ft lbs) after performing the wheel alignment correction. The procedure ends with checking wheel alignment after the installation process completes in reverse order to removal.