Tools Required

1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
2. Remove the tire and the wheel. Refer to Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation in Tires and Wheels.
3. Remove the stabilizer shaft link. Refer to Stabilizer Shaft Link Replacement .
4. Remove and discard the cotter pin (3) from the outer tie rod end (1).
5. Remove the outer tie rod end nut (2).



6. Using J 24319-01 separate the outer tie rod end (2) from the steering knuckle (1).



7. Remove the shock absorber lower bolts (6 and 8) and nuts (1 and 20).
8. Remove and discard the lower control arm cotter pin (18).
9. Remove the lower control arm nut (17).
10. Using J 39549 separate the lower ball joint (4) from the steering knuckle (2).
11. Remove the lower control arm (5) and lower ball joint (4) from the steering knuckle (2).
12. Remove the lower control arm mounting bolts (14 and 16) and nuts (12 and 13).
13. Remove the lower control arm (5).

1. Align and install the lower control arm (5).
2. Install the lower control arm mounting bolts (14 and 16) and nuts (12 and 13).

Tighten
Tighten the lower control arm mounting nuts (12 and 13) to 100 N·m (74 lb ft).

3. Align and Install the lower ball joint (4) and control arm (5) to the steering knuckle (2).
4. Install the lower control arm nut (17).

Tighten
Tighten the lower control arm nut (17) to 110 N·m (81 lb ft).

Important: Never loosen the control arm nut in order to align the cotter pin slot, it is permissible to over torque the control arm nut 1/6 of a turn MAX.

5. Install a new lower control arm cotter pin (18).
6. Install the shock absorber lower bolts (6 and 8) and nuts (1 and 20).

Tighten
Tighten the shock absorber lower bolts (6 and 8) or nuts (1 and 20) to 65 N·m (48 lb ft).




7. Install the outer tie rod end nut (2).
8. Install a new cotter pin (3) to the outer tie rod end (1).
9. Install the stabilizer shaft link. Refer to Stabilizer Shaft Link Replacement .
10. Install the tire and the wheel. Refer to Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation in Tires and Wheels.
11. Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
12. Lower the vehicle.
13. Perform a front end alignment. Refer to Wheel Alignment Measurement in Wheel Alignment.