Upper Ball Joint; Lower Control Arm Rear Bushing Firebird - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

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2. Install lower control arm (see LOWER CONTROL
ARM -INSTALL).
UPPER
BALL JOINT
REMOVE
1. Raise car and support lower control arm.
NOTE: This keeps spring compressed.
2. Remove wheel and tire assembly.
3. Remove ball joint stud from steering knuckle by
prying on control arm using a suitable pry bar and
tapping sharply on steering knuckle in area of ball
stud.
Fig.
3-20
Removing Lower Control Arm Front
Bushing (Except Pontiac) and Rear Bushing
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NOTE: Instead of using a pry bar, tool J 6627 can be
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used on Pontiac and tool J 8806-1 can be used on all
models except Pontiac
(Fig.
3-12 or 3-13).
2. Remove bushing from control arm by arranging
4. Remove ball joint assembly from upper control arm
tools as shown in Fig. 3-22.
by chiseling or drilling rivet heads which retain ball
joint assembly to control arm, and drive out rivets.
INSTALL
INSTALL
1. Install bushing in control arm by arranging tools as
shown in Fig. 3-22.
I. Install new ball joint assembly using the special
bolts, washers and nuts supplied with ball joint
I
package.
CAUTION: Use only the special alloy bolts supplied
with ball joint package.
POSITION OF
J 21474-13
FOR FIREBIRD
2. Tighten ball joint assembly attaching nuts to 9 lb. ft.
torque on all models except Firebird and to 25 lb. ft.
torque on Firetiird.
Fig.
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Installing Lower Control Arm Front Bushing
(Except Pontiac) and Rear Bushing
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Fig. 3-22 Lower Control Arm Rear Bushing Firebird