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Front Lower Arm Inspection

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  1. Shake the ball joint stud 5 times.
  2. Connect the SST to the ball stud, and measure the rotation torque using a pull scale.
    • Replace if it is not within the specification.
    • Rotation torque 0.4-1.9 N.m (3.5-19.5 kgf.cm, 3.1-16.9 inch lbf).
    • Pull scale reading 3.5-19.1 N.m (0.35-1.95 kgf, 0.78-4.29 lbf).
Fig 1: Identifying Rotation Torque
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