OEM 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder Sway Bar Kit

2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the rear Sway Bar Kit on 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder?

  A: Service and repair of the rear sway bar kit begins by removing rear wheels after tightening them to 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.). Remove the sway bar links by uninstalling their 2 nuts and sway bar link using a torque of 44 Nm (449 kgf-cm, 32 ft. lbs.). A 5 mm hexagon wrench should be used to hold the stud after applying it to a rotating ball joint while repeating this procedure on both sides. Follow this by taking off the two bolts and bracket and bushing where there is a torque specification of 39 Nm (398 kgf-cm, 29 ft. lbs.). When installing the bushings face their cutout and arrow mark forward while keeping them 965.8 mm apart, and marking the discriminator on the sway bar kit should be on the right-hand side. The removal procedure should be repeated on the other side after which the sway bar kit gets fully extracted. When examining the ball joint on sway bar links you must rotate the ball joint stud five times while the nut installation process begins. A torque wrench should be used with a Newtown method of continuous turn at 2 - 4 seconds per turn to acquire the torque measurement during the 5th turn with desired 0.05 - 1.0 Nm (0.5 - 10 kgf-cm, 0.4 - 8.7 inch lbs.) turning torque. You need to follow the removal succession in reverse when reinstalling the system.