OEM Dodge Stratus Trailing Arm

Dodge Stratus Trailing Arm Parts and Q&A

• Trailing Arm, Rear
  MB864731
  Q: How to service and repair a Trailing Arm on Dodge Stratus?

  A:

  To work on the trailing arm, initially raise the vehicle on jack stands or a hoist that touches the chassis. After that, you can take off the wheel and tire. Strip the nut and the retainer for the bushing out of the trailing link at the end of the knuckle. Then, remove the four bolts joining the trailing link hanger bracket to the floor pan and frame rail and lift the entire assembly from the car. Noting how the bushings and retainers are positioned and facing on the trailing link is very important for putting them back correctly. Separate the trailing link and hanger bracket by holding the nut still and using a big wrench to turn the leading part of the trailer link. Be sure to correctly position the inner and outer trailing link to hanger bracket bushings and do not put the pieces in their wrong locations by mistake. Fit the black inner bushing retainer and inner bushing first onto the trailing link, after which you should connect the trailing link, retainer and bushing to the hanger bracket. Install the outer bushing, retainer and nut on the trailing link, grab the trailing arm and using a large adjustable wrench, secure the retaining nut to a torque of 99 Nm (73 ft. lbs.). Following that, attach the trailing link's knuckle part to the rear knuckle. Loosely put the four attaching bolts onto the vehicle body and with drift pins of suitable size, insert one into each hole in the hanger bracket and one into every locating hole in the body. When the bracket is in the right place, tighten the four mounting bolts to a torque of 34 Nm (25 ft. lbs.). After that, at the knuckle, secure the outer trailing link bushing, the gold outer bushing retainer and the retaining nut on the trailing link and with a large adjustable wrench preventing it from moving, tighten the trailing link retaining nut up to 99 Nm (73 ft. lbs.).