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Front

Control Arms & Steering Knuckle:




Tension Strut:





Upper Control Arm

1. Raise and support vehicle.
2. Remove tire and wheel assembly.
3. Remove and discard upper spindle to ball joint bolt and nut. Slightly spread spindle at slot and remove ball joint.
4. Lower vehicle, then brake off flags on upper control arm pivot bolt heads.
5. Remove upper control arm bolts, then upper control arm, Fig. 10.
6. Reverse procedure to install. Tighten to specifications.

Lower Control Arm

1. Raise and support vehicle.
2. Remove tire and wheel assembly.
3. Loosen lower ball joint nut three or four turns.
4. Rap spindle to separate ball joint. Leave nut attached.
5. Support spindle by wire to prevent excessive sagging of upper control arm.
6. Mark position of camber adjustment cam.
7. Remove nut attaching tension strut to control arm. hold strut by flats with wrench while turning nut. Do not hold strut or damage surface in area shown in Fig. 11, damage to tension strut may result.
8. Remove lower shock bolt and nut.
9. Remove pivot (camber) bolt and nut.
10. Remove nut at lower ball joint and remove control arm, Fig. 10.
11. Reverse procedure to install, after installation check front end alignment and adjust as necessary. Tighten to specifications.