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Control Arm: Service and Repair



1. Raise and support front of vehicle.
2. Remove lower control arm-to-tension rod attaching nuts and bolts.
3. Remove control arm-to-body attaching bolt and nut.

Fig. 1 Front suspension components:






4. Remove control arm, Fig. 1.
5. Reverse procedure to install, noting the following.
a. Replace self-locking nuts when installing arm.

Fig. 10 Setting control arm height:






b. When attaching control arm to body, first jack up lower part of arm to 15.2 inches, Fig. 3, then torque attaching bolts to specifications, Fig. 1