The 2001 Toyota Sienna came with a 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine and a four-speed automatic transmission. Repeat this process for the opposite strut.
Installation
14. Position the strut assembly between the steering knuckle and upper strut tower.
Instructions
Removal
1. Arena the automobile on a comparable surface and establish the parking brake. Conduct the vehicle hood and agency it with the hood prop rod. Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheels with the lug wrench.
2. Lift the front of the motorcar with the floor jack and habitat the jack stands under the front subframe of the vehicle. Lower the floor jack until the automobile sits securely on the jack stands. Remove the revolve lug nuts and the front wheels from the vehivle.
3. Remove the bolts securing the brake hose bracket and trundle rapidity sensor harness to the strut meeting with the socket and ratchet. Remove the seed securing the sway bar link to the the strut meeting and seperate the link from the strut.
4. Remove the bolt on the true of the outer cowl with the socket and ratchet. Pry up environing the cowl edges with a flat-head screwdriver. Remove the outer cowl from the engine bay. Remove the three nuts securing the strut meeting to the upper strut Garret with the socket and ratchet.
5. Remove the lower strut mounting nuts with the socket and ratchet; appliance the box-end wrench to grip the bolts regular. Remove the lower strut mounting bolts. Remove the struts from the vehicle.
Disassembly and Reassembly
6. Dwelling the 10 mm bolt finished the top gap over the lower strut mount and then thread one follower backward onto the bolt. Set the outer cowl into place and tap it around the edges to secure it. Install the mounting bolt and tighten it snug.16.
Situate the strut in the vice on the job bench so that the fan and bolt intellect Testament rest on the vice clamp and tighten the vice. Install the spring compressor fix onto the coil springs conflicting Everyone other. Tighten the compressor bolts one turn Everyone until the spring is compressed Sufficiently to measure freely between the strut design and upper strut mount.
8. Place the pry bar on the inside of one of the strut upper mounting studs. Loosen the center nut with the socket and ratchet while preventing counter rotation with the pry bar. Remove the nut and upper strut mount.
9. Pry up the bearing dust cover with the flat-head screwdriver and remove the thrust bearing. Remove the upper spring seat and rubber insulator. Lift the coil spring off the strut assembly, followed by the spring bumper and lower rubber insulator.
10. Remove the two nuts and bolt from the old strut and install them on the new strut. Set the new strut into the vise and tighten the vise. Set the lower spring insulator and spring bumper into position on the lower spring base. Set the compressed coil spring onto the lower spring base.
11. Open the new strut mount set and set the new upper spring seat onto the coil spring. Install a new thrust bearing to the strut and tap the dust cover over the bearing. Place the upper strut mount over the strut and coil spring and loosely install the center mounting nut. Make sure the marks on the upper insulator and shock absorber align with the "Out" mark on the upper spring mount.
12. Tighten the center nut to 36 foot-pounds with the torque wrench, while using the pry bar to prevent rotation of the upper strut mount. Loosen the spring compressors one turn at a time until they are loose. Remove the spring compressors.
13. Loosen the vise and remove the nuts and bolt from the lower strut mount. The front suspension on your Sienna uses a coil or strut setup, where the coil spring and strut are assembled as one unit. To alternate the struts you Testament acquire to compress and remove the coil spring so that it can be used with the fresh strut. Replacing the front struts on your Sienna is a straightforward chore, however you Testament obligation a defined baggage and a workbench with a vice to full-dress it.
Align the upper mount studs with the holes in the upper strut tower and push them through. Join the lower strut mount with the steering knuckle. Install the bolts through the lower strut and steering knuckle. Loosely tighten the lower mounting nuts and bolts.
15. Install the upper mounting nuts and tighten them to 59 foot-pounds with the torque wrench. Extend the speck of the bolt concluded the contrary side of the lower strut mount and install the moment fan on the bolt. Tighten the nuts and bolt snug.7.
Tighten the lower strut mounting bolts and nuts to 155 foot-pounds with the torque wrench, using a box-end wrench to prevent counter rotation. Place the sway bar link into position on the new strut and tighten the mounting nut to 29 foot-pounds with the torque wrench.
17.Place the anti-lock brakes harness brackets and brake hose bracket into position and install the mounting bolt. Tighten the mounting bolts to 22 foot-pounds with the torque wrench. Place the front wheels on the vehicle and install the lug nuts hand tight.
18. Lift the front of the van off the jack stands with the floor jack. Remove the jack stands from under the vehicle and lower the vehicle to the ground. Tighten the lug nuts to 77 foot-pounds with the torque wrench. Take the vehicle to a local repair shop for a front end alignment.
