Chrysler 1998 Voyager Service Manual page 55

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
Fig. 43 Correctly Installed Lower Ball Joint
CAUTION: When installing the ball joint seal on the
ball joint/lower control arm, the shield (Fig. 44) on
the ball joint seal must be positioned as shown.
(4) Install a NEW seal boot by hand as far as pos-
sible on the ball joint. Installation of the seal boot is
to be with the shield positioned as shown (Fig. 44).
Fig. 44 Ball Joint Seal Boot Installed Position
CAUTION: Do not use an arbor press to install the
sealing boot on the ball joint. Damage to the seal-
ing boot will occur if excessive pressure is applied
to the sealing boot when it is being installed.
(5) Place Installer, Special Tool 6758 over seal boot
and squarely align it with bottom edge of seal boot
(Fig. 45). Apply hand pressure to Special Tool 6758
until seal boot is pressed squarely against top surface
of lower control arm.
CAUTION: A replacement ball joint is not prelubri-
cated. Properly lubricate the replacement ball joint
using Mopar Multi–Mile grease or an equivalent.
Lubricate ball joint after seal boot is installed but
Fig. 45 Installing Ball Joint Seal Boot
prior to top of seal boot being pushed down below
notch in ball joint stud (Fig. 41). Air must vent out
of the seal boot at notch when grease is pumped
into ball joint, failure to do so will balloon and dam-
age seal boot. Do not over grease the ball joint, this
will prevent the seal boot from pushing down on
the stud of the ball joint.
CAUTION: After the ball joint is properly greased,
clip the end of the grease fitting off below the hex.
The ball joint seal boot is non-purgeable and further
greasing is not required and can result in damage
to the seal boot.
STABILIZER BAR
REMOVE
(1) Raise vehicle on jack stands or centered on a
frame contact type hoist. See Hoisting in the Lubri-
cation and Maintenance section of this manual, for
the required lifting procedure to be used for this
vehicle.
NOTE: The attaching bolts for the cradle plate are
of two different thread sizes. Nine of the bolts are a
M-14 thread and one of the bolts is a M-12 thread.
Refer to (Fig. 46) for the cradle plate attaching bolt
locations.
(2) Remove the 10 bolts (Fig. 46) attaching the cra-
dle plate to the front suspension cradle. Then remove
the cradle plate from the cradle.
NOTE: When removing nut from stud of stabilizer
bar attaching link, do not allow the stud to rotate.
Hold stud from rotating by inserting a Torx Plus 40
IP bit in the end of the stud (Fig. 47).
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