1. Raise and place the front of the vehicle on stands. Remove the wheel.
WARNING: Park the vehicle and place wheel chocks under the rear wheels («shoes»). Loosen and tighten the wheel nuts only with the vehicle on the ground.
2. Unscrew the nut of the coupling bolt of the terminal connection of the fastening of the ball joint to the steering knuckle...
3.... and remove the bolt from the hole in the terminal connection.
4. Press your finger out of your fist.
5. If the ball joint is attached to the lever with three rivets (factory setting), drill out the rivets.
USEFUL HINT: It is more convenient to drill rivets on the removed front suspension arm (see «Replacing the front suspension arm»).
6. If the support is bolted (it has already been changed), unscrew the three self-locking nuts, holding the bolts from turning with a second wrench.
WARNING: Self-locking nuts are not reusable, replace them with new ones when installing the support.
7. Remove rivets (bolts) out of the ball joint and arm holes, then remove the ball joint.
8. Install the ball joint in the reverse order of removal.
WARNING: Be careful not to damage the ball joint protective boot when installing.
9. After replacing the ball joint, check and, if necessary, adjust the wheel alignment (see «Checking and adjusting wheel alignment»). Use the services of workshops with special equipment.