Lower Ball Joint

Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
Remove or disconnect the following:
- Negative battery cable
- Front wheel and tire assembly
- Ball joint castle nut cotter pin and discard the cotter pin
- Castle nut
- Ball joint from the lower control arm using a suitable puller or prytool
- Bolt securing the ball joint to the steering knuckle
- Ball joint using a suitable wedge to expand the steering knuckle connection point
To install:
Install or connect the following:
- Ball joint to the steering knuckle
- Retaining bolt and tighten to 36 ft. lbs. (49 Nm)
- Ball joint to the lower control arm and tighten the castle nut to 29 ft. lbs. (39 Nm). Then, tighten the castle nut an additional 60 degrees until the slot in the castle nut is aligned with the cotter pin hole in the ball joint.
- New cotter pin
- Wheel
- Negative battery cable

Exploded view of the ball joint, steering knuckle and control arm assembly — SVX model

Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
Remove or disconnect the following:
- Tire and wheel assembly
- Ball joint-to-steering knuckle pinch bolt
- Ball joint from the steering knuckle assembly
- 3 lower ball joint mounting nuts
- Lower ball joint assembly
To install:
Install or connect the following:
- Lower ball joint on the control arm and install the 3 mounting nuts. Tighten the mounting nuts to 91 ft. lbs. (123 Nm).
- Ball joint stud into the bottom of the steering knuckle until the notch in the stud is visible through the bolt hole in the steering knuckle
- Pinch bolt and nut and tighten to 38 ft. lbs. (52 Nm)
- Tire and wheel assembly