How do you change the front shocks on a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan?

Answer 1

== WARNING: DO NOT REMOVE THE NUT FROM THE STRUT ROD WHILE STRUT ASSEMBLY IS INSTALLED IN VEHICLE, OR BEFORE STRUT ASSEMBLY SPRING IS COMPRESSED. # Raise vehicle on jack stands or centered on a frame contact type hoist. See Hoisting in the Lubrication and Maintenance section of this MDS2, for the required lifting procedure to be used for this vehicle. # Remove the wheel and tire assembly from location on front of vehicle requiring strut removal. # If both strut assemblies are to be removed, mark the strut assemblies right or left according to which side of the vehicle they were removed from. # Remove the hydraulic brake hose routing bracket and the speed sensor cable routing bracket from the strut damper brackets Brake Hose And Speed Sensor Cable Routing NOTE: When removing nut from stud of stabilizer bar attaching link, do not allow stud to rotate. Hold stud from rotating by inserting a Torx Plus 40IP bit in the end of the stud as shown in Stabilizer Bar Link To Strut Attachment # Remove the stabilizer bar attaching link Stabilizer Bar Link To Strut Attachment from the bracket on the strut assembly CAUTION: The steering knuckle to strut assembly attaching bolts are serrated and must not be turned during removal. Remove nuts while holding bolts stationary in the steering knuckles. # Remove the 2 strut assembly clevis bracket to steering knuckle attaching bolts Strut Damper Attachment To Steering Knuckle # Remove the 3 nuts attaching the strut assembly upper mount to the strut tower Strut Assembly To Strut Tower Attaching Nuts and remove the strut assembly from the vehicle # To dissassemble and reassemble the strut assembly, refer to DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY in this section. == # Install strut assembly into strut tower, aligning and installing the 3 studs on the upper strut mount into the holes in shock tower. Install the 3 upper strut mount attaching nut/washer assemblies Strut Assembly To Strut Tower Attaching Nuts Then using a crow foot. tighten the 3 attaching nuts to a torque of 28 N·m (250 in. lbs.) CAUTION: The steering knuckle to strut assembly attaching bolts are serrated and must not be turned during installation. Install nuts while holding bolts stationary in the steering knuckles. # Align strut assembly with steering knuckle. Position arm of steering knuckle into strut assembly clevis bracket. Align the strut assembly clevis bracket mounting holes with the steering knuckle mounting holes. Install the 2 strut assembly to steering knuckle attaching bolts Strut Damper Attachment To Steering Knuckle If strut assembly is attached to steering knuckle using a cam bolt, the cam bolt must be installed in the lower slotted hole on strut clevis bracket. Also, attaching bolts should be installed with the nuts facing the front of the vehicle Strut Damper Attachment To Steering Knuckle Tighten the strut assembly to steering knuckle attaching bolts to a torque of 88 N·m (65 ft. lbs.) plus an additional 1/4 turn after specified torque is met. # Install stabilizer bar attaching link Stabilizer Bar Link To Strut Attachment on bracket of strut assembly. Install stabilizer bar attaching link to strut bracket attaching nut NOTE: When torquing nut on stud of stabilizer bar attaching link, do not allow stud to rotate. Hold stud from rotating by inserting a Torx Plus 40IP bit in the end of the stud as shown in Torquing Stabilizer Bar Link To Strut Attaching Nut# Tighten the stabilizer bar link to strut attaching nut using a Torx Plus 40IP bit and crowfoot as shown in Torquing Stabilizer Bar Link To Strut Attaching Nut to a torque of 88 N·m (65 ft. lbs.) # Install hydraulic brake hose and speed sensor cable routing brackets on the strut assembly brackets Brake Hose And Speed Sensor Cable Routing Tighten the routing bracket attaching bolts to a torque of 13 N·m (10 ft. lbs.) # Install the wheel/tire assembly on the vehicle. # Install and tighten the wheel mounting stud nuts in proper sequence until all nuts are torqued to half specification. Then repeat the tightening sequence to the full specified torque of 135 N·m (100 ft. lbs.)