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3-14
GROUP
3-
SUSPENSION, STEERING, WHEELS
& TYRES
1. Raise the car on a hoist, install
safety stands, and remove the wheel
cover
or
hub cap .
.
3. Remove the grease cap from
the hub; then, remove the cotter pin,
nut lock, adjusting nut and outer
bearing from the hub.
4.
Remove
the wheel and tyre
assembly.
5. Install the spring compressor,
Tool 5310-A (Fig.20), and compress
the spring (Fig.21).
6.
Remove
2 upper arm to spring
tower retaining
nuts
and swing the
upper arm
outboard
from the spring
tower (Fig. 211
.
7. Release the
spring
compressor
tool and remove
the tool
from the
spring. Then, remove the spring from
the car
Installation
1. Place the spring
upper insulator
on the spring
and secure
in place with
tape.
2.
Position
the spring in the spring
tower. Install the spring
compressor
Tool 5310-A and compress the
spring.
3.
Swing the
upper
arm
inboard
and insert the bolts through t:te holes
in the side of the spring tower. Then,
install the
retaining
nuts and torque
.
them to
specification.
4. Release the
spring pressure
and
guide the spring into the
upper
arm
spring seat.
The
end
of the spring
must
seat
against the tab on the
spring seat.
5. Remove the spring
compressor
and
position
the wheel, tyre and
hub
and drum on the
spindle.
6. Install the
bearing,
washer, ad-
justing nut a:jd nut lock. Adjust the
wheel
bearing
as
outlined
on page 3-48
and install the cotter
pin,
grease cap,
and hub cap or
wheel cover.
7.
Lower the car and install the
shock
absorber
and upper
mounting
bracket.
8. Check
caster,
camber,
and toe-
in and adjust
as necessary
FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER
ARM
Removal
·
1. Remove the front shock absorb-
er from the
car.
1. Raise the car and install safety
stands under the
fr,ame
side rails.
3. Remove the
hub cap
or wheel
cover and the wheel
and
tyre
SJI().A
SJI().A ORB
FIG. 20 -Spring Compressor Installed-Upper
View -Typical
4. Install the spring compressor,
using Tool 53 lO-A,
and
compress the
spring (Fig.20.21
).
5. Remove
the cotter pin from the
upper ball joint stud and loosen the
stud nut.
6.
Position the ball joint remover
tool as shown in Fig.
17.
The tool
should
seat
firmly against the
ends of
both
studs
and not against the
lower
stud nut.
It may be
necessary
to re-
move the lower ball joint cotter pin if
it
prevents
the tool from
seating
on
the stud.
7. Turn the tool with a wrench un-
til both studs are under tension; then,
tap the
spindle
near the upper stud
with a
hammer
to loosen the stud
from the
spin(JJe. Do not
loosen the
stud with tool pressure alone.
8. R
:move the ball joint remover
tool and remove the ball joint stud
nut from the stud.
9.
Remove
2 nuts and washers re-
taining
the upper arm to the spring
tower.
Pull the upper arm away from
the spring
tower,
lift the ball joint
stud from the spindle, and remove
the upper arm from the car.
10.
Remove 2 nuts and bolts and
remove the spring pivot from the up-
per
arm.
Installation
1. Position the spring pivot to the
upper arm and install the 2
attaching
bolts and nuts. Torque the nuts to
specification.
1.
Position
the upper arm to the
!lpring tower and the ball joint stud
to the spindle. Install but do not
tighten the ball joint stud nut.
3.
Position
the upper arm
·
to
spring tower and install the washers
and
retait~ing
nuts. Torque the nuts
to specification.
4. Release the spring
compressor
tool while aligning the spring with
the upper arm spring pivot. Then,
re-
move the tool.
5. Torque the ball joint stud nut
to specification Part
3· 7.
Continue
to tighten the nut until the slots in
the nut are in line with the hole in
the ball joint
stud. Then,
install a
new cotter pin.
6. Install the wheel and tyre and
the hub cap or wheel' cover.
7. Remove the safety stands and
lower the car.
8. Install the shock
absorber.
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