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Front Ball Joint: Removal

  1. Lift up the vehicle, and remove the front wheels.
  2. Remove the both sides of stabilizer bracket.
    Fig 1: Locating Stabilizer Clamp
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  3. Pull out the pin from ball stud, remove the castle nut, and extract the ball stud from the front arm.
  4. Remove the bolt attaching the ball joint to the housing.
    Fig 2: Locating Housing Bolt
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  5. Extract the ball joint from housing.