Caravan FWD V6-3.3L VIN 3 Flex Fuel (2001)
2. Place Remover/Installer, Special Tool 8459 on leaf spring and bushing as shown and tighten Set Screw securing Installer Plate (8459-3) to tool
threaded shaft.
3. Tighten nut, installing bushing in spring eye. Tighten nut until bushing is fully seated and bushing flange bottoms against spring eye. Do not
over-tighten causing tool and bushing to bind.
4. Remove Remover/Installer from the bushing and leaf spring.
5. Bend the retainer tabs on bushing outward against spring eye.
6. Position spring mounting bracket over spring eye and install pivot bolt through center of bushing from the outboard side.
NOTE: The pivot bolt must be Installed from the outboard side to allow proper bracket to body mounting.
7. Install the nut on the pivot bolt and lightly tighten. Do not fully tighten bolt at this time.
8. Raise the under-hoist utility jack or transmission jack, guiding the forward mounting bracket into place against the body. It may help to use a drift
punch placed through the hole centered between the mounting bolt holes in the bracket and the pilot hole in the body of the vehicle as a guide.
When the four mounting bolt holes line up with their threads in the body, Install the mounting bolts. Tighten the four mounting bolts to 61 Nm (46
ft. lbs.) torque.
9. Raise or lower the jack until shock absorber lower eye aligns with threads in axle housing. Install shock absorber lower mounting bolt. Do not fully
tighten bolt at this time.
10. Lower the vehicle and remove hoist arms and block of wood from under vehicle.
11. Tighten the spring front pivot bolt to 156 Nm (115 ft. lbs.) torque.
12. Tighten the lower shock absorber mounting bolt to 102 Nm (76 ft. lbs.) torque.
