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FS-16 FRONT SUSPENSION FRONT BALL JOINT 4. Front Ball Joint A: REMOVAL 1) Set vehicle on a lift. 6) Extract the ball joint from the housing. B: INSTALLATION 1) Install ball joint onto housing. Tightening torque (Bolt): 50 N·m (5.1 kgf-m, 37 ft-lb) CAUTION: Tightening torque (Castle nut): 39 N·m (4.0 kgf-m, 29 ft-lb) 3) Retighten castle nut further within 60 ° until a slot in castle nut is aligned with the hole in ball stud C: INSPECTION 1) Measure free play of ball joint by the following (1) With 686 N (70 kgf, 154 lb) loaded in the di- 2 1 . (2) With 686 N (70 kgf, 154 lb) loaded in the op- 2 2 . (3) Calculate free play from the following formu- 2 2
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2 1 (4) When free play is larger than the following FRONT BALL JOINT Specified play for replacement: S Less than 0.3 mm (0.012 in) 2) When free play is smaller than the specified val- FS-00034 1 FS-00035 FS-00036 2 |