OEM 2007 Toyota Corolla Sway Bar Kit

2007 Toyota Corolla Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to service and repair the front Sway Bar Kit on 2007 Toyota Corolla?

  A: The repair or service process of the front sway bar kit requires front wheel removal first. You must detach the LH front sway bar link assembly by taking out the 2 nuts and sway bar link while using a 6 mm hexagon wrench to grip the stud when the ball joint turns with the nut. Apply the identical procedure to disassemble the front sway bar link assembly RH. Proceed to detach the front suspension arm sub-assembly lower No. 1 LH and RH before moving forward with rack and pinion power steering gear assembly removal. Place the engine on suspension while separating the front suspension crossmember sub-unit. Remove the front sway bar kit stage one by uninstalling 4 bolts, front sway bar bracket No. 1 LH, front sway bar bracket No. 1 RH and 2 front sway bar bushes No. 1. The inspection process begins by applying a torque wrench to measure turning torque of 0.05 to 1.96 Nm (0.5 to 20 kgf-cm, 0.4 to 17 inch lbs.) on the 5th turn when installing the nut after flipping the ball joint stud 5 times back and forth. The installation process begins by positioning the sway bar bushes No. 1 toward the inner side of their stoppers and then adding the brackets No. 1 LH and No. 1 RH followed by No. 1 bushes to the sway bar kit front. The sway bar kit front requires a total of four bolts to attach to the front suspension crossmember sub-assembly where each bolt reaches a torque specification of 19 Nm (194 kgf-cm, 14 ft. lbs.). After the front suspension crossmember sub-assembly starts, move on to install the rack and pinion power steering gear assembly and finally add the front suspension arm sub-assembly lower No. 1 LH and RH using established procedures. Screw the 2 nuts from the front sway bar link assembly LH until it reaches 74 Nm (755 kgf-cm, 55 ft. lbs.) using a hexagon wrench (6 mm). The installer should perform a second installation procedure for the right side front sway bar link assembly. Complete the task by putting the front wheel back into place before tightening it to 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.) and performing an inspection of the front wheel alignment calibration.