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Front Upper 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. See Figure .
  3. Rotation torque 0.3-2.2 N.m (2.8-23.4 kgf. cm, 2.5-20.3 in. lbf).
  4. Pull scale reading 3.0-22.5 N (0.3-2.3 kgf, 0.7-5.0 lbf).
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