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SALEEN SPEEDLAB

SUSPENSION KIT

INSTALLATION MANUAL: 2005 Mustang

P/N: 10-8002-C11790A

Saleen Performance, Inc. 76 Fairbanks Irvine, CA 92618 949-597-4900

www.saleen.com

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Page 1: ... SALEEN SPEEDLAB SUSPENSION KIT INSTALLATION MANUAL 2005 Mustang P N 10 8002 C11790A Saleen Performance Inc 76 Fairbanks Irvine CA 92618 949 597 4900 www saleen com ...

Page 2: ...2 IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCED IN THE AREA OF AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS WE STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU REFER THIS INSTALLATION TO A CERTIFIED INSTALLER OR TECHNICIAN ...

Page 3: ...of our products could have been easily solved by information listed in the accompanying installation guide We want you to enjoy the product in its fully functional state and reading this tutorial is a great first step to getting you on your way to a more rare and better handling Mustang NOTE Please keep all hardware you remove from your stock Mustang as much of it will be reused to install the new...

Page 4: ...Struts Removal 8 III Front Sway Bar Removal 10 IV Front Strut Subassembly 11 V Front and Rear Shock Decal Installation 13 VI Front Struts Installation 14 VII Front Sway Bar Subassembly 15 VIII Front Sway Bar Installation 16 IX Rear Suspension Removal 17 X Rear Suspension Installation 18 ...

Page 5: ...et drive 15 mm shallow wobbly socket drive 18mm deep socket drive 21 mm deep socket 3 8 drive impact gun 3 8 drive 10mm socket 3 8 drive 13mm deep socket 3 8 drive 15mm deep socket 3 8 drive 15 mm shallow wobbly socket 3 8 drive 18mm deep socket Tape measure Grease Small flat head screw driver Needle nose pliers Hack saw Polyurethane grease intended for automotive application ...

Page 6: ...5 8 29 7 P 3 N 2 Linkage to strut 97 7 115 132 3 72 1 84 8 97 6 N 4 B 4 knuckle to strut 170 200 230 125 4 147 5 169 6 P 5 N 2 sta bar to linkage 97 7 115 132 3 72 1 84 8 97 6 N 6 N 4 sta bar brackets to 1 x member 59 5 70 80 5 43 9 51 6 59 4 P 7 N 2 rear shock to body 34 40 46 25 1 29 5 33 9 P 8 B 2 rear shock to rear axle Torque at Ride Height 97 7 115 132 3 72 1 84 8 97 6 N 9 B 2 CAPSCRW SCKT H...

Page 7: ...to the jack stands The car should stay in this position for the entire front suspension replacement 3 Remove five 13 16 nuts using the 1 2 air gun and 13 16 deep socket Figure 1 Be careful when you remove the last nut as the wheel could fall off 4 Remove wheel repeat on other side of car Obtain the following tools 13 16 deep socket drive impact gun ...

Page 8: ...ing a 3 8 impact gun with a 18mm deep socket Figures 1 and 2 2 Unbolt the end link from the strut using the 3 8 impact gun with the 18mm socket Figure 3 Obtain the following tools drive impact gun 13 16 deep socket drive 3 8 drive impact gun 15mm deep socket 3 8 drive 18mm deep socket 3 8 drive 13mm deep socket 3 8 drive 10mm socket 3 8 drive Figure 3 Figure 2 ...

Page 9: ...deep socket and 3 8 drive impact gun remove the nuts from the four upper strut bolts in the engine bay Figure 5 5 Carefully maneuver the strut out of the wheel well so that it does not hit the brake lines 6 Keep the strut you will need parts of it to complete the assembly of the new front strut 7 Repeat steps 1 6 to remove the front strut from the other side of the car Figure 4 ...

Page 10: ...that connects the sway bar to each end link using a 3 8 impact gun with the 18mm socket Figure 1 2 Remove the four bolts under the chassis holding the sway bar bushings brackets in place Use a 3 8 impact gun with a 15mm socket Figure 2 3 Remove stock front sway bar Obtain the following tools 3 8 drive impact gun 15mm socket 3 8 drive 18mm socket 3 8 drive ...

Page 11: ... stock strut in the spring compressor Place the bottom end of spring on the three lower clamps making sure to tilt it toward the rear enough to place the impact wrench and 21 mm socket onto the central nut on top of the strut assembly Figure 1 2 Remove the 21mm nut and the strut cap from the top of the stock strut Be careful when you remove the bolt sometimes the shock and spring will fall to the ...

Page 12: ...e new shock NOTE ORIENTATION IN FIGURE 2 and cover with the stock cap Figure 2 Place this assembly in the spring compressor as you did for the stock strut Figure 3 7 Align the notch on the cap with the bolt holes at the bottom of the strut Figure 4 8 Compress the Saleen Racecraft strut assembly 9 Apply a dab of red Loctite to the threads of the center stud Use the stock 21mm nut to tighten the cap...

Page 13: ... Decal Shock N2 Racecraft 4 Figure 1 Figure 2 Order of Operations 1 Take the shock position it as shown in Figure 1 and place the logo as seen one inch from the bottom of the shock 2 The front strut decal needs to be one inch off the top of the lower bolt holes Figure 2 Obtain the following tools Tape measure 1 inch Bottom of rear shock Front strut 1 inch ...

Page 14: ... 3 Pull up wheel hub and attach the bottom of the strut to the knuckle using stock bolts and nuts Use the 3 8 impact gun and 18 mm deep socket to tighten Figure 2 Torque to 148 ft lbs 4 Put the sway bar end link stud into rear most hole on strut tower tighten using a impact gun with a 18mm deep socket Figure 3 Torque to 85 ft lbs 5 Bolt brake line to rear of strut tower using 10mm socket and 3 8 i...

Page 15: ...ations 1 Grease the bushings Figures 1 and 2 2 Push bushings in towards the idle of the sway bar until they hit the outside of the flange Figure 3 3 Place the bracket with the zert fitting over the bushing and push until the bracket lies flush with the flat end of the bushing Figure 4 Figure 3 Figure 4 Obtain the following tools Polyurethane grease intended for automotive application Push bushing ...

Page 16: ... a 3 8 impact gun with a 15 mm socket Figure 2 Torque nuts to 52 ft lbs 4 Attach the ends of the sway bar to the bottom of the end links and put the stock nut in place over each bottom end link stud Tighten nut using the 3 8 impact gun and 18 mm deep socket Torque nuts to 85 ft lbs 5 Remove the white cover from the front strut decals 6 Jack the front of the car up remove the jack stands and lower ...

Page 17: ...e jack stands and make sure the car is secure 3 Remove rear wheels using the impact gun with a 13 16 socket 4 Remove two rear sway bar connections that are near the lower shock mounting points using a 3 8 impact gun with a 15mm socket Figure 1 5 Remove lower shock bolt one per shock using a 3 8 impact gun with a 15mm socket Figure 1 Obtain the following tools drive impact gun 13 16 deep socket dri...

Page 18: ...nd pull the spring out Figure 2 8 In the trunk pull back the forward corners of the trunk liner to expose the top of the shock mounts Use a 3 8 impact gun with a 15mm deep socket to remove the nut atop the strut The strut should fall out if the wheels are off the ground Figures 3 4 If the nut won t come off the top of the shock because the shock is rotating with the impact gun place more weight on...

Page 19: ...he coils Install both springs before next step Make sure to use the stock rubber boots on top and bottom of the springs Figure 1 2 Put the bottom of the shock into the bolting location With the top lined up with the trunk hole tighten bottom of shock Decal faces rear fascia Use a 15 mm socket with a 3 8 impact gun Figure 2 Repeat on other side 3 Remove the white cover from the shock decal Obtain t...

Page 20: ... mm stock bolts and nuts with a 3 8 impact gun Figure 5 Torque nuts to 52 ft lbs 7 Use the stock nuts and rubber hats to fasten the top of shock to the mounting point in the interior of trunk Use the 15mm wobbly socket with a 3 8 impact gun Figure 6 Torque nuts to 30 ft lbs 8 Torque the bolts at the bottom of each shock to 85 ft lbs with the wheel hub at ride height 9 Replace the wheels torque the...

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