Control Arm: Service and Repair

CONTROL ARM

- Tools Required
- KM-507-B Ball Joint Remover

Removal Procedure
1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
2. Place the jackstands under the frame of the vehicle.
3. Lower the vehicle slightly so the weight of the vehicle rests on the jackstands and not on the control arms.





4. Remove the wheel.





5. Disconnect the stabilizer shaft from the control arm by removing the control arm link bolt assembly. Refer to stabilizer bar.
6. Remove the retaining clip and the ball joint-to-knuckle/strut nut from the ball joint.





7. Disconnect the ball joint from the steering knuckle using the ball joint remover KM-507-B.





8. Remove the control arm front mounting bolt.
9. Remove the control arm rear mounting bolts and the bracket.
10. Remove the control arm from the vehicle.

Installation Procedure





1. Install the control arm onto the vehicle.
2. Connect the front of the control arm to the body of the vehicle with the front mounting bolt and the washer.
3. Apply a thread sealer to the control arm rear mounting bolts.
4. Connect the rear of the control arm to the body of the vehicle with the rear mounting bracket and bolts.

Important: Do not tighten the control arm bolts at this point.

NOTICE: Use a new self-locking nut to install the control arm link bolt assembly. Failure to do so will allow the normal vibration of the vehicle to loosen the nut and damage the vehicle.





5. Install the stabilizer shaft link bolt assembly.
6. Connect the ball joint to the steering knuckle.
7. Tighten the ball joint-to-knuckle/strut nut.
Tighten
Tighten the ball joint-to-knuckle/strut nut to 70 Nm (52 ft. lbs.).
8. Connect the retaining clip to the ball joint stud.
9. Install the wheel.
10. Raise the vehicle.
11. Place the jackstands under the control arms.
12. Lower the vehicle.

Important: The control arms must support the weight of the vehicle while the control arm mounting bolts are being tightened.

13. Tighten the control arm rear mounting bolts.
Tighten
Tighten the control arm rear mounting bolts to 70 Nm (52 ft. lbs.).
14. Tighten the control arm front mounting bolt.
Tighten
Tighten the control arm front mounting bolt to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
15. Raise the vehicle.
16. Remove the jackstands.
17. Lower the vehicle.