- Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning
of this section.
- Remove or disconnect the following:
- Negative battery cable
- Front wheel
- Ball joint castle nut cotter pin, discard the cotter pin
- Castle nut
- Ball joint from the lower control arm assembly
- Ball joint from the steering knuckle
To install:
- Install or connect the following:
- Ball joint to the steering knuckle. Torque the bolt to 36 ft. lbs. (49
Nm).
- Ball joint to the lower control arm. Torque 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
