Lower Arm

Removal

PROCEDURE

1. Raise the front of the vehicle and support it on stands.

2. Remove the wheel.

3. Remove the nut securing the stabilizer bar link to the lower arm.

4. Remove the two bolts (indicated by arrows) securing the arm clamp to the suspension crossmember, and remove the clamp.

5. Loosen the arm shaft nut (indicated by arrow).

6. Remove the cotter pin and unscrew the arm ball joint nut.

7. Disconnect the arm from the steering knuckle by pressing out the ball joint.

8. Remove the arm shaft nut and washer.

9. Move the arm downward and disconnect it from the stabilizer link. Remove the bushing and washer.

10. Remove the arm from the shaft and take it out from under the vehicle.

Inspection

PROCEDURE

1. Inspect the arm and bushings for wear, cracks, and other damage.

2. Check the ball joint for play and for free rotation of the ball stud in the housing. Inspect the condition of the rubber boot.

3. The arm is a non-disassemblable design and is replaced as an assembly. Bushings and ball joint are not serviced separately.

Installation Caution: All arm mounting bolts must be fully tightened after the vehicle is lowered off the jack.

PROCEDURE

1. Fit the arm onto the shaft.

2. Connect the stabilizer link, first installing the washer and link bushing (convex side of the washer must face the bushing).

3. Install the washer and thread on a new nut. Do not tighten.

4. Connect the ball joint to the knuckle, thread on the nut. Do not tighten.

5. Install the lower arm clamp and thread in the bolts.

6. Install the lower bushing and washer onto the stabilizer link (convex side of the washer must face the bushing), and thread on a new nut.

7. Install the wheel and lower the vehicle.

8. Release the parking brake, roll the vehicle forward and backward, and rock the front end.

9. Tighten all arm mounting bolts to the specified torques. Install a new cotter pin in the ball joint nut.

10. Upon completion, check the wheel alignment angles.