Ball Joint

Inspect Front No. 1 Suspension lower Arm Assembly LH

Temporarily install the nut, and flip the ball joint stud back and forth 5 times as shown in the illustration.





Use a torque wrench to turn the nut continuously at a rate of 3 to 5 seconds per turn. Take the torque reading on the fifth turn.

Turning torque 3.0 N*m (31 kgf*cm, 27 in.*lbf)