Upper, Front

Wishbone Bushes - Upper

Removal

1. CAUTION: Replacement of nuts and bolts: Various thread-locking devices are used on nuts and bolts throughout the vehicle. These devices restrict the number of times a nut or bolt can be used.

Open engine compartment and fit paintwork protection covers to fenders.
2. Raise front of vehicle and support on stands.
3. Remove front wheel.





4. Release ABS speed sensor harness from upper wishbone.
Remove tie straps.
Reposition harness.





5. Remove nut from upper ball joint.





6. Jet CAUTION: Do not allow the weight of the vertical link to hang on the brake hose.

Release upper ball-joint from vertical link.
Using a strong length of wire secure the vertical link to the shock absorber.
Fit special tool to ball joint.
Tighten tool bolt to release ball joint pin-taper. Remove tool and disengage ball joint from vertical link.





7. CAUTION: For installation reference, note the position of washers and shims before removing fulcrum bolt.

Remove upper wishbone.
Remove nut.
Remove fulcrum bolt: collect washers and shims.
Remove wishbone.
8. Secure wishbone in a vice.





9. Remove fulcrum bushes from wishbone.
Using a suitable drift remove spacer tube from bush.
Prise out both sections of bush.
Repeat procedure to remove remaining bush.
10. Clean relevant parts.

Installation





1. Fit spacer tube into bush section.
Apply a suitable lubricant to bush and spacer tube.
Insert spacer tube into bush.
2. Fit jaw protectors to vice.





3. Using a vice, fit first section of bush into wishbone bore.
Apply a suitable lubricant to bush.
Align first section of bush and spacer tube to bore.
Place wishbone and bush between vice jaws and tighten vice until bush is fully seated.
Remove wishbone from vice.





4. Fit second section of bush to wishbone.
Apply a suitable lubricant to bush,
Align second section of bush to bore, make sure spacer tube engages bush.
Place wishbone and bush between vice jaws and tighten vice until bush is fully seated.
Remove wishbone from vice.
5. Repeat the previous three pictorial-procedures to fit other bush into wishbone.





6. Fit wishbone to crossbeam.
Align wishbone to crossbeam.
Fit fulcrum bolt; shims and washers to their original positions as noted in the removal procedure.
Fit and tighten nut.





7. Fit upper ball joint to vertical link.
Engage ball joint taper-pin into vertical link.
Fit and tighten nut.
8. Release vertical link from shock absorber.





9. Secure ABS harness to upper wishbone.
Position harness and secure with tie clips.
10. Fit wheel.
11. Remove stands and lower vehicle.
12. Remove paintwork protection covers.