OEM 2002 Toyota Prius Sway Bar Kit

2002 Toyota Prius Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the Sway Bar Kit on 2002 Toyota Prius?

  A: Service and repair operations for the sway bar kit start with taking out the front wheels from the vehicle. The sway bar links must be detached through the process of nut removal from all 4 connections and removal of both sway bar links with a torque specification of 74 Nm (755 kgf-cm, 55 ft. lbs.). A 5 mm hexagon wrench should be used to hold the stud when the ball joint turns with the nut. Take off the front suspension member together with the lower suspension arm before removing the sway bar kit by unfastening 4 bolts and 2 brackets and 2 bushings while setting the torque to 19 Nm (195 kgf-cm, 14 ft. lbs.). Extract the sway bar kit from the left-hand side of the motor vehicle. Before securing the sway bar link ball joint nut check its rotation condition using a 5-time flip of the ball joint stud. Apply torque using a wrench at a pace of 2 to 4 seconds per revolution until you reach the 5th turn to achieve a tightness of 0.05 to 1.0 Nm (0.5 to 10 kgf-cm or 0.4 to 8.7 inch lbs. torque). After finish installation check the wheel alignment of the front wheel system and execute installation steps in reverse order to removal steps.