25.
Place the knuckle into the vise with aluminum or soft jaws
and use care not do damage. Use a drill with a ¾” drill bit
and drill out the knuckle at the upper ball joint location and
at the tie rod location. SEE PHOTOS BELOW
26.
Locate FT95010 Upper Ball Joint Hat, FT95019
“top”
Lower Ball Joint Hat, FT95079 “
bottom
” Lower Ball Joint
Hat, and FT95021 Steering Arm Hat. Insert the upper ball
joint hat up into the previously drilled upper ball joint
location. Insert the lower ball joint hats into the lower ball
joint location (FT95019 in the top of the knuckle and
FT95079 in the bottom of the knuckle) and the FT95021
steering arm hat into the previously drilled tie rod location.
(use a rubber mallet only if necessary). SEE PHOTOS AND
DIAGRAMS ON NEXT PAGE AND LAST PAGE
FT95010 Upper
Ball Joint Hat
27.
Install the knuckle assembly onto the CV shaft. Insert the
supplied FT95027 7/8” mis-alignment up into the bottom of
the uni-ball in the lower control arm and the FT95079 Mis-
alignment down into the top of the uni-ball. Then attach the
knuckle to the lower control arm with the supplied 9/16” x 3
½” hardware. Insert the FT95066 mis-alignments in the
heim joint in the upper control arm and then attach the
knuckle to the upper control arm using the supplied 9/16” x
3” hardware with a flat washer between the mis-alignment
and the knuckle. The ¾” heim and jam nut are set at just a
starting point, final adjustment can be made during the toe
set if necessary. (use supplied thread-locking compound)
Leave loose.
Upper ball joint
location
Outer Tie Rod
location
FT95021
Steering Arm
Hat