Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Pontiac Aztek and 2004 Buick Rendezvous. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- Place a jack stand under the torque tube.
- Remove the mounting bracket-to-body bolts (5) from the torque tube bracket (4).
- Lower the jack stand slightly in order to gain access to the torque tube bracket.
- Remove the torque tube-to-bracket through bolt (7), nut (1), washers (2, 8), and spacers (3, 6).
- Remove the torque tube bracket.