Removal
PROCEDURE
1. Remove the front wheel.
2. Remove the cotter pin from the drive shaft, then remove the nut and the washer securing the drive shaft to the front wheel hub.
3. Loosen the ball joint nut on the lower control arm, but do not remove it completely.
4. Remove the two bolts securing the lower part of the strut to the steering knuckle.
5. Pull the steering knuckle outward and remove the drive shaft from the hub.

6. Using puller 09568–34000, press the ball joint stud out of the steering knuckle.
7. Temporarily install the lower strut mounting bolt.
8. Remove the stabilizer link nut.

9. Remove the bolt securing the front of the lower control arm and the rear bushing bolts.
10. Remove the lower control arm.
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