Ball Joint: Service and Repair

Ball Joint Disassembly and Assembly
Disassembly
1. Remove the control arm.
2. Drill off the heads of the two 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 two ball joint bolts from below the control arm.
^ Tighten the ball joint-to-control arm nuts to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).





2. Install the control arm.