Removal Procedure
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Hummer H2. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle in General Information.
- Remove the tire and wheel. Refer to Tire and Wheel Removal and Installation in Tires and Wheels.
- Remove the retaining bolt for the brake hose and the wheel speed sensor brackets.
- Remove the wheel drive shaft. Refer to Wheel Drive Shaft Replacement in Wheel Drive Shafts.
- Remove the nut at the upper ball joint. Discard the nut.
- Disconnect the upper control arm from the steering knuckle using the J 43631 and the J 45851 . See Special Tools and Equipment .
- Remove the upper control arm nuts and the adjustment cams.
- Remove the upper control arm.