Control Arm: Service and Repair

CONTROL ARM

- Tools Required
- KM-333 Ball Joint Remover

Removal Procedure
1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Let the control arms hang free.
2. Remove the wheel.





3. Remove the stabilizer link-to-control arm nut and disconnect the stabilizer link from the control arm.





4. Remove the pinch bolt and the nut from the ball joint.





5. Disconnect the ball joint from the knuckle assembly using the ball joint remover KM-333.





6. Remove the control arm-to-crossmember nut and the bolt.





7. Remove the control arm rear bushing clamp bolts and the clamp.
8. Remove the control arm from the vehicle.

Installation Procedure

IMPORTANT: The weight of the vehicle must be supported by the control arms before the control arm-to-crossmember and the control arm rear bushing clamp bolts are tightened. This can be done by lowering the vehicle onto jackstands under the control arms after the control arms have been installed.

1. Install the control arm.





2. Install the control arm-to-crossmember bolt and the nut. Do not tighten the bolt.





3. Install the control arm rear bushing clamp and the bolts. Do not tighten.





4. Connect the ball joint to the steering knuckle and install the ball joint pinch bolt and the nut.
Tighten
Tighten the ball joint pinch bolt nut to 90 Nm (66 ft. lbs.).





5. Connect the stabilizer link to the control arm and install the stabilizer link-to-control arm nut.
6. Lower the vehicle so the control arms are supported by jackstands.
Tighten
Tighten the control arm rear bushing clamp bolts to 75 Nm (55 ft. lbs.).
Tighten the control arm front bushing nut to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
Tighten the stabilizer link-to-control arm nut to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).
7. Raise the vehicle and install the wheel.
8. Remove the jackstands and lower the vehicle.