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GMC ZE06581 1976 Maintenance Manual Supplement page 32

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Figure 10-Installing Knuckle Seal
3. Remove brake line hose clip from ball
joint stud .
NOTE:
Do not loosen ball joint in upper
control arm .
4. Using a brass drift and hammer, and a
pry bar, placed as in figure 11, loosen upper
ball joint stud from knuckle .
Remove upper
ball joint from knuckle .
5 . Remove cotter pin and nut from tie rod
end.
6 . Using Toot J-21319, remove tie rod end
as shown in figure 12 .
7 . Remove cotter pin and nut from lower
(suspension) ball joint.
8 . Using
Tool
J-24319
remove
lower
(suspension) ball joint from knuckle (figure 13) .
Figure 11-Removing Upper Ball Joint
FRONT SUSPENSION
3A- 1 3
Figure 12-Removing Tie Rod End
9 . Remove knuckle . Pry seal from knuckle .
INSTALLATION
See CAUTION on Page 3A-1 of this section .
1 . Lubricate seal inner lips with Special
Seal Lubricant No . 1050169 or
equivalent
Then, using Toot J-26485 install seal into
knuckle until it bottoms.
2 . Install lower ball joint stud into knuckle
and attach nut.
Do not torque .
See Specifi-
Figure 13-Removing Lower Ball Joint

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