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Upper Transverse Link, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Before beginning work measure the distance from the center of wheel to lower edge of wheelhouse. Refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING .

-- Remove the wheel. Refer to WHEELS AND TIRES .

-- Vehicles with AWD: Disengage and free up the line -1- from the bracket -2-.

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-- Remove the nut -6- and the washer -5-.

-- Remove the bolt -3- and if equipped, the washer -4-.

-- Mark the position of eccentric bolt -3- to the subframe using, for example, a felt-tip marker.

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-- Remove the nut -2- and the eccentric bolt -3-.

-- Remove upper transverse link -1-.