Ball Joint Disassembly and Assembly

Ball Joint

Disassembly
1. Remove the control arm.
2. Drill off the heads of the three rivets with a 12 mm (0.47 inch) drill bit.





3. Punch out the rivets with a drift.


Assembly
1. Connect the ball joint to the control arm by inserting three ball joint bolts from below the control arm.
Tighten: Tighten the ball joint-to-control arm nuts to 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.).





2. Install the control arm.