Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> Thats because the Factory Service Manuals were probably written to
> service that ball joint as an entire control arm. I don't know if
> Chrysler supplies the ball joints themselves now, or if they still
> sell them as a full control arm. The OEM units were rivited to the
> control arm - so there is no torque spec because there were no bolts
> to tighten.
Aha! That would explain why I didn't see any reference to removing
the ball joint from the arm in the FSM. Hmmm, just a sec... (goes
to FSM) Yep! In the ball joint diagnosis section, if the ball joint
is out of spec, the FSM says to replace the entire suspension arm.
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