Overview - Control Arm, Ball Joint, Guide Link And Level Control System Sensor: 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. Allocation, refer to parts .
- Conventional Bonded Rubber Bushing for Guide Link, Replacing, 65 mm diameter, refer to CONVENTIONAL BONDED RUBBER BUSHING, 65 MM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Replacing the hydraulic bonded rubber bushing 75 mm for the guide link, refer to HYDRAULIC BONDED RUBBER BUSHING, 75 MM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
- 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 .
- Wheel Bearing Housing
- Bolt
- 40 Nm
- Always replace if removed
- Nut
- Always replace if removed
- There are different versions. Allocation, refer to parts .
- There are different versions and tightening specifications, refer to NUT VERSIONS FOR THE CONTROL ARM AND GUIDE LINK 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. Allocation, refer to parts
.NOTE:
Note the installation position, refer to Installing .
Install the ball joint into the wheel bearing housing as far as the contact surface.
- Nut
- There are different versions. Allocation, refer to parts .
- There are different versions and tightening specifications, refer to NUT VERSIONS FOR THE CONTROL ARM AND GUIDE LINK BRACKET .
- Always replace if removed
- 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 .
- Control Arm
- Removing and installing, refer to CONTROL ARM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- There are different versions. Allocation, refer to parts .
- 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 .
- Left/Right Front Level Control System Sensor -G78- / -G79-
- Only sensors of the same version may be installed.
- Only remove and install or replace completely, refer to LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM SENSOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- The sensor lever must point toward the back
- Check the basic setting of the headlamp adjustment after loosening, refer to HID HEADLAMP, ADJUSTING, ADJUSTING, USA VEHICLES or HID HEADLAMPS, ADJUSTING, REST-OF-WORLD VEHICLES .
- 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 using the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester, refer to CONTROL POSITION, REPROGRAMMING USING 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 CALIBRATION PROCEDURE .
- Bolt
- 20 Nm
- Shock Absorber Fork