Front Lower Control Arm

REMOVAL & INSTALLATION

1. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
2. Remove or disconnect the following:
   • Tire and wheel assembly
   • Sway link from the lower control arm
   • Bolt securing the ball joint to the steering knuckle
   • Nuts (NOT the bolts) securing the lower control arm to the crossmember
   • 2 bolts holding the bushing bracket of the control arm to the body
   • Ball joint from the steering knuckle
   • Bolts securing the lower control arm to the crossmember, then the lower control

   To install:

3. Install or connect the following:
   • Lower control arm; temporarily tighten the 2 bolts used to secure the rear bushing of the lower control arm to the body

   NOTE: These bolts should be tightened so they can still move back and forth in the oblong shaped hole in the bracket which holds the bushing.

   • Bolts used to secure the lower control arm to the crossmember and temporarily tighten the nuts
   • Ball joint into the steering knuckle and secure with the retaining bolt
   • Sway link to the control arm and temporarily tighten the bolts

   WARNING
   Discard loosened self-locking nut and replace with a new one.

4. Lower the vehicle, then tighten the bolts to the following specifications:
   1. Lower control arm-to-sway bar: 21 ft. lbs. (27 Nm).

      NOTE: Move the rear bushing back and forth until the control arm-to-rear bushing clearance if established. Refer to the illustration for specifications.

      Fig. 2: Proper control arm-to-rear bushing clearance specifications-Impreza and Legacy

   2. Lower control arm-to-crossmember: 72 ft. lbs. (98 Nm).
   3. Lower control arm-to-rear link bushing-to-body: 181 ft. lbs. (245 Nm).
5. Check the wheel alignment and adjust if necessary.