Removing
1. Remove the lower arm as described in chapter 5.
2. Clamp the lower arm in a vise, then drill out the heads of the three rivets securing the ball joint to the lower arm using a 12.0mm drill bit.
3. If necessary, knock out the rivets from the lower arm, then remove the ball joint.
Installation
4. The new ball joint must be attached using three special bolts, spring washers and nuts sold at the Opel center.
5. Make sure the ball joint is installed correctly, remembering that the mounting nuts must be installed on the underside of the arm.
6. Tighten nuts of fastening of the spherical hinge to the bottom lever the tightening force regulated by Specifications.
7. Install the lower arm as described in chapter 5.
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