FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY

Removal and Installation

REMOVAL

QR25DE Engine and VQ35DE Engine with M/T

1. Remove wheel and tire. Refer to See: Wheels and Tires\Service and Repair.
2. Remove engine under cover. Refer to See: Body and Frame\Bumper\Front Bumper\Service and Repair\Coupe (Coupe), See: Body and Frame\Bumper\Front Bumper\Service and Repair\Sedan (Sedan).
3. Remove nut on lower portion of stabilizer connecting rod from transverse link.
4. Remove transverse link from suspension member, and move the transverse link outward.
5. Remove front exhaust tube. Refer to See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Exhaust System\Service and Repair\Removal and Installation (QR25DE), See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Exhaust System\Service and Repair\Removal and Installation (VQ35DE).
6. Support engine or transmission with a jack.
7. Remove steering gear bolts. Remove steering gear and power steering tube bracket from suspension member.
8. Hang steering gear.
9. Remove front and rear engine mount insulator bolts from suspension member.
10. Remove body-side bolts from member pin stay.
11. Set a jack under suspension member, and remove suspension member nuts.
12. Slowly lower jack to remove suspension member from vehicle.

VQ35DE Engine with CVT
Engine, transmission and suspension member must be removed as an assembly. Refer to See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust\Engine\Service and Repair.
Once removed as an assembly, lift engine and transmission off of suspension member.

INSTALLATION
Installation is in the reverse order of removal.

• Refer to See: Exploded View for tightening torque.
• After installation, perform final tightening of each part under unladen conditions with tires on ground. Check wheel alignment. Refer to See: Testing and Inspection\Component Tests and General Diagnostics\Front Suspension Assembly.