OEM Dodge Caliber Trailing Arm

Dodge Caliber Trailing Arm Parts and Q&A

• Trailing Arm, Rear Driver Side
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  Q: How to Install a Trailing Arm and Its Components on Dodge Caliber?

  A:

  Place the trailing link and fix it to the body with two bolts, then tighten the bolts to 60 Nm (44 ft. lbs.). After that, connect the upper Control Arm to the trailing link with a bolt and nut, tightened to 95 Nm (70 ft. lbs.) and join the lower control arm to the trailing link the same way, likewise tightened to 95 Nm (70 ft. lbs.). Place the securing bolt through the toe link and install it with the trailing link. You may need to bend the bushing a little using a prying tool, followed by tightening to 95 Nm (70 ft. lbs.). Insert the cable through the trailing link at the inner end, then pull it into the brake support plate that holds the parking brake shoes and hold it in place with a hair pin. Fasten the Parking Brake Cable to the lever on the parking brake shoe. If you have a wheel speed sensor, fit it, secure the sensor to the trailing link with a screw and tighten the screw to 18 Nm (13 ft. lbs.) and put a routing clip on top of the sensor. Install the hub and bearing, then put the brake rotor onto the wheel studs. Hold the caliper and adapter over the rotor and support plate, slide them together and fix the assembly with two bolts secured to 71 Nm (52 ft. lbs.). On the trailing link, fit the brake tube into the routing clip and bracket and finally tighten the nut on the stud to 15 Nm (11 ft. lbs.). Bring the brake flex hose to the trailing link bracket and put in the mounting screw, tightening it to 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.). After that, mount the tire and wheel assembly, insert the keys of the nuts to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.), lower the vehicle when done and get the wheels aligned if needed.
• Trailing Arm, Rear Passenger Side
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  Q: How to Remove a Trailing Arm on Dodge Caliber?

  A:

  Raise and support the vehicle, then loosen the wheel mounting nuts and remove both the wheel and tire assembly to remove the trailing arm. Remove the screw holding the brake flex hose to the trailing link, then take off the nut linking the brake tube routing bracket to the same link. From the leading link, remove the brake tube from its routing clip, then remove the two bolts anchoring the disc Brake Caliper adapter to the brake support plate. Remove both the caliper and the adapter as a set, making sure you hang them out of the way so the hose and tubing aren't stretched. If your vehicle has them, remove the screw joining the wheel speed sensor to the trailing link and the routing clip holding it in place. Take out the brake rotor, hub and bearing and separate the Parking Brake Cable from its lever on the parking brake shoe next. Take out the hair pin, release the parking brake cable from the brake support plate, move the assembly off the cable end and pull the cable from the trailing link. Then, take out the bolt from the toe link to the trailing link, then remove the nut and bolt holding the lower Control Arm to the trailing link and finally take out the nut and bolt securing the upper control arm to the trailing link. Turn the leading end of the trailing link backwards and remove the two bolts joining it to the body.