Hudson 1948 - 1952, Service Manual

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SPRINGS, SHOCK ABSORBERS, & STABILIZERS 14-7
REAR LATERAL STABILIZER
REMOVAL :
NOTE: Rear axle stabilizing bar removal is started at the
rear axle end of the stabilizing bar.
1. Remove the palnut and hex nut, Figure 7, the rubber
cushion, and washer.
2. Loosen the inside nut and back off on the threads of the
bolt.
3. Push the cushion and washer up on the stabilizer bar and
remove cushion spacer.
4. At the frame end remove the palnut and the hex nut.
5. Remove the cushion, the washer, and the spacer.
6. Push the stabilizing bar toward the stabilizer bracket and
remove the end of the bar from the frame.
NOTE: Do not lose or destroy the rubber grommet in the
frame for the stabilizer bar guide rod (welded to the bar ).
7. Pull the bar toward the frame stabilizer bracket and out
of the stabilizer bracket.
INSTALLATION :
NOTE: Rear Axle Stabilizing Bar Installation is started at
the frame end.
1. Have the inside nut at axle and well up on the bar and the
cushions and washers in place at both ends.
2. Push the bar through axle bracket and then put frame end
in place with cushion and washer and locating guide rod
in the rubber grommet in the frame.
3. Place the out side cushion, spacer, and washer on the
frame end of the bar and install the hex nut.
4. Tighten the nut and install the palnut.
5. Spin companion or palnut with smooth face first onto bolt
until it touches the nut.
6. Then tighten the nut not over one quarter to one third
more in order to lock it. The shoulder on the bar rests
against the cushion spacer and frame and allows the bar
to pass through frame far enough to install nuts and
tighten them in place. This locates the bar in position.
7. Place the outside cushion, washer and spacer on the axle
end of the bar and install the outer nut. (The nut tightens
the spacer against a shoulder on the bar).
8. Screw the inside locking nut and rubber cushion down on
the threads and against the axle bracket.
The ends of the steel are cushioned in rubber and no
lubrication should be applied to these points.