Chrysler New Yorker. Manual - part 253
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
ENGINE CRADLE CROSSMEMBER . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SPECIFICATIONS
VEHICLE DIMENSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
ENGINE CRADLE CROSSMEMBER
REMOVAL
CAUTION: VERIFY THAT VEHICLE IS PROPERLY
SUPPORTED AND
SECURED
TO
THE
LIFTING
DEVICE. VEHICLE CENTER OF GRAVITY WILL
CHANGE
WHEN
HEAVY
COMPONENTS
ARE
REMOVED CAUSING A HAZARDOUS CONDITION.
(1) Release hood latch and open hood.
(2) Remove nuts holding engine mounts to cradle.
(3) Install a suitable engine support device.
(4) Raise and support vehicle on safety stands.
(5) Remove bolts holding transaxle crossmember to
cradle.
(6) Lower vehicle and lift engine and transaxle off
cradle.
(7) Raise and support vehicle on safety stands.
(8) Disconnect sway bar links.
(9) Remove bolts retaining suspension lower ball
joints to spindles.
(10) Separate lower control arm from spindle.
Refer to Group 2, Suspension, for proper procedures.
(11) Support cradle on a 10 cm by 10 cm by 90 cm
(4 in. by 4 in. by 36 in.) wood beam and a jack.
(12) Remove bolts holding cradle to body shell
(Fig. 1).
(13) Lower cradle away from body shell.
INSTALLATION
NOTE: If cradle replacement is required, transfer
suspension components and jounce and bounce
plates to replacement cradle.
(1) Support cradle on wood beam and a jack.
(2) Position cradle under body shell.
(3) Install bolts to hold cradle to body shell.
(4) Connect lower control arms to spindles. Refer
to Group 2, Suspension, for proper procedures.
(5) Install bolts to retain suspension lower ball
joints to spindles.
(6) Connect sway bar links.
(7) Lower vehicle and lower engine and transaxle
onto cradle.
(8) Raise vehicle.
(9) Install bolts to hold transaxle crossmember to
cradle.
(10) Lower vehicle.
(11) Remove engine support device.
(12) Install nuts to hold engine mounts to cradle.
(13) Align front suspension if necessary.
SPECIFICATIONS
VEHICLE DIMENSIONS
Frame dimensions are listed in metric scale then
converted to inch scale listed in parenthesis. All
dimensions are from center to center of Principal
Locating Point (PLP), or from center to center of PLP
and fastener location. Vertical dimensions can be
taken from the work surface to the locations indi-
cated (Fig. 2) through (Fig. 11).
Fig. 1 Engine Cradle
300M
FRAMES AND BUMPERS
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