Overview - Lower Control Arm And Ball Joint: Notes
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- Bolt
- Always replace if removed
- Guide link
- Removing and installing. Refer to GUIDE LINK, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- There are conventional and hydraulic bonded rubber bushings.
- A mixed installation is not permitted
- Conventional Bonded Rubber Bushing for Guide Link, Replacing, 65 mm diameter. Refer to GUIDE LINK BONDED RUBBER BUSHING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, STANDARD BONDED RUBBER BUSHING 65 MM DIAMETER .
- Replacing the hydraulic bonded rubber bushing 75 mm for the guide link. Refer to GUIDE LINK BONDED RUBBER BUSHING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, HYDRAULIC BONDED RUBBER BUSHING 75 MM DIAMETER .
- Nut
- 70 Nm +180°
- Always replace if removed
- Must be tightened in the curb weight position. Refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING, FRONT AXLE .
- Wheel Bearing Housing
- Bolt
- 40 Nm
- Always replace if removed
- Nut
- Always replace if removed
- There are different versions.
- There are different versions and tightening specifications. Refer to Nut Versions for the Control Arm and Guide Control Arm Bracket .
- After loosening threaded connection of guide control arm to wheel bearing housing, adhesive residue must be removed on thread of linkage stub.
- Ball Joint
- Removing and installing. Refer to BALL JOINT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- There are different versions. NOTE:
Note installation position. Refer to INSTALLING .
Install the ball joint into the wheel bearing housing as far as the contact surface.
- Nut
- Always replace if removed
- There are different versions.
- There are different versions and tightening specifications. Refer to Nut Versions for the Control Arm and Guide Control Arm Bracket .
- After loosening threaded connection on the ball joint to the wheel bearing housing, adhesive residue must be removed on thread of linkage stub.
- Nut
- 90 Nm +90°
- Always replace if removed
- Must be tightened in the curb weight position. Refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING, FRONT AXLE .
- Control Arm
- Removing and installing. Refer to CONTROL ARM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- There are different versions.
- Replacing bearings for track control arm. Refer to CONTROL ARM BALL BEARING, REPLACING .
- Bolt
- Always replace if removed
- Nut
- 9 Nm
- Bolt
- Always replace if removed
- Nut
- 70 Nm +180°
- Always replace if removed
- Must be tightened in the curb weight position. Refer to WHEEL BEARING IN CURB WEIGHT, LIFTING VEHICLES WITH COIL SPRING, FRONT AXLE .
- Left Front Level Control System Sensor -G78- or Right Front Level Control Sensor -G289-
- Install an identical sensor.
- Only remove and install completely, or replace. Refer to LEFT/RIGHT FRONT LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR -G78- / -G289-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- the sensor lever must point toward the back
- Check the headlamp adjustment after loosening. Refer to HEADLAMP, ADJUSTING .
- If the Level Control System Sensor -- was removed and installed on a vehicle with electronically controlled damping or if the linkage was loosened, the control position must be reprogrammed. Refer to CONTROL POSITION, PROGRAMMING or Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
- If the control position was reprogrammed on vehicles with lane assist, the Directional Stabilization Assistance Control Module -J759- must be calibrated again. Refer to LANE ASSIST, CALIBRATING .
- Bolt
- 20 Nm
- Shock Absorber Fork