Subaru LEGACY 2006 Manual page 3973

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5. Front Ball Joint
A: REMOVAL
1) Lift-up the vehicle, and remove the front wheels.
2) Remove the both sides of stabilizer bracket.
3) Pull out the pin from ball stud, remove the castle
nut, and extract the ball stud from front arm.
4) Remove the bolt installing ball joint to housing.
5) Extract the ball joint from housing.
Front Ball Joint
B: INSTALLATION
1) Insert the ball joint into housing.
Tightening torque (Bolt):
50 N·m (5.1 kgf-m, 36.9 ft-lb)
CAUTION:
Do not apply grease to the tapered portion of
ball stud.
2) Install the ball joint into front arm.
Tightening torque (Castle nut):
Front arm (aluminum type):
30 N·m (3.1 kgf-m, 22 ft-lb)
Front arm (steel type):
39 N·m (4.0 kgf-m, 28.8 ft-lb)
3) Retighten the castle nut further up to 60° until the
FS-00228
hole in the ball stud is aligned with a slot in castle
nut. Then, insert a new cotter pin and bend it
around the castle nut.
4) Install the stabilizer bracket.
NOTE:
The stabilizer bracket has a set orientation. Install it
with the arrow mark facing the upper side of the ve-
hicle.
FS-00115
(1) Front side of vehicle
Tightening torque:
25 N·m (2.5 kgf-m, 18.1 ft-lb)
5) Install the front wheels.
FS-15
FRONT SUSPENSION
(1)
FS-00229