OEM Dodge Charger Crossmember Bushing

Dodge Charger Crossmember Bushing Parts and Q&A

• Crossmember Bushing, Rear
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  Q: How to Service and Repair a Rear Crossmember Bushing for Front Mount on Dodge Charger?

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  To work on the bushing, begin by unhooking and removing the battery negative cable from the post before you raise and support your vehicle. Take out the wheel mounting nuts and the whole tire and wheel on each side, then unfasten the rear exhaust from the car. Anchoring the rubber coupler and axle flange using alignment index marks, you should remove the bolts and nuts of the propeller shaft coupler-to-axle assembly and attach a bungee cord to the fuel tank straps to hold up the shaft. Disconnect the cable going from the front parking brake to the right rear cable above the axle differential and also detach the front Parking Brake Cable from its position on the equalizer. Loosen the screw holding the front parking brake cable routing bracket to the rear crossmember front flange. Removing bolts from the guide pin on disc brakes, lift the caliper off the back of the brake adapter and its pads and then use a bungee cord or wire to hold the caliper above the rear suspension. To change SRT8 disc brakes, first use a trim stick to make the pistons move back into their housings, then stabilize the spring link using a transmission jack to reach the caliper's lower bolt. Unbolt the caliper to the knuckle, remove it along with the pads and suspend the assembly safely out of your way. Unplug the keyboard connectors connected to the wheel speed sensor from the body wire harness connector in the luggage compartment floor pan and disconnect the left wheel speed sensor cable from its routing clip. For each rear shock absorber mounting point, get the bolt and nut out, mark the body where the rear crossmember will be and then repeat this process for the rest. Insert jack stands at the forward end of the engine cradle and then use a jack at the middle of the rear axle differential. First disconnect the fuel filler tube, then take out the four bolts at the front and rear connecting the crossmember on each side. Raise and lower the crossmember a bit, just enough to take the propeller shaft off the rear axle differential and then lower it carefully to support the rear suspension while the bushings are being replaced using jack stands. Remove the spring links and take out the Coil Springs with isolators and mark exactly where the bushings are on the crossmember. Unbolt and take off the bushing nut holding the compression link, then unfasten the travel stop from the bushing's metal sleeve with a grinder. Put Slide Support 9031-9 onto the appropriate end of the crossmember, then secure it with the set-screws. Slide Brace 9031-10 between Support 9031-9 and the bore flange so that the set-screws lock it snugly. Before putting Press C-4212F to use, lubricate the screw-drive and then place all tools over the bushing to ensure the Remover is inside the ridges. Using the Press screw-drive, ease out the bushing from the crossmember and then take out all your tools.
• Crossmember Bushing, Front Passenger Side
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  Q: How to Replace the Crossmember Bushing for the Spring Link on Dodge Charger?

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  When servicing the Spring Link Rear Crossmember Bushing, first lift and support the vehicle, then get to the side spring and remove it. When you're working on the bushing for the right side, unplug the link for the headlamp leveling sensor from the spring link. Once you remove the bolt and nut connecting the spring link to the crossmember, place the spring link below where it was before, not touching the bushing in the crossmember. Before using Press C-4212F, apply some lubricant to the screw-drive. Place all tools onto the bushing, making sure Receiver Special Tool 9032-1 touches the crossmember and not the welds. Make sure to tighten the press screw-drive until the bushing drops out of the crossmember. With the new bushing over the crossmember bushing bore, put the tools together over the bushing and crossmember, with Receiver Special Tool 9032-3 placed away from the welds to avoid them. Push the press screw-drive down as far as it goes to seat the bushing against the Receiver on the other side of the crossmember. Lift the bar and the spring link out of the way, raise the spring link by the bushing in the crossmember to make sure it is seated, slip the bolt and nut onto the bar and secure without tightening anything yet. When replacing the right side bushing, join the headlamp leveling sensor link to the spring link again. Place the rear spring and all required parts, lower the vehicle to the ground and then load it onto an alignment rack or lift for driving. Lift the vehicle enough so you can reach the mounting bolt for the spring link and tighten it at the crossmember to 108 N.m (80 ft.lbs.). When done, perform a wheel alignment.