Ford Mustang (1999-2004) Service Manual: Component Tests
Ball Joint Inspection
1. Raise and support the vehicle.
2. Prior to performing any inspection of the ball joints, inspect the wheel bearings.
3. Position a safety stand beneath the front suspension lower arm (3079) to be tested.
4. While an assistant pulls and pushes the bottom of the tire, observe the relative movement between the lower spindle arm and the front suspension lower arm ball joint. Any movement at or exceeding the specification indicates a worn or damaged lower ball joint. Install a new front suspension lower arm.
Wheel Bearing Inspection
1. Raise the vehicle until the tire is off the floor.
2. NOTE: Make sure the wheel rotates freely and the brake pads are retracted sufficiently to allow movement of the tire and wheel assembly.
Grasp each tire at the top and bottom and move the wheel inward and outward while lifting the weight of the tire off the wheel bearing.
3. If the tire and wheel (hub) is loose on the wheel spindle or does not rotate freely, install a new front wheel hub (1104) as necessary.
Symptom Chart
Condition
Possible Sources
Action
Dogtracking
Excessive rear
thrust angle.
Front or rear
suspension
components.
Drive axle
damaged.
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Camber and Caster Adjustment - Front
All vehicles
1. Remove the rivet. Loosen the nuts and bolt.
Vehicles requiring camber adjustment
2. Move the front suspension camber adjusting plate (3B391) to the required
camber setting.
Vehicl ...
Other materials:
Installation
1. CAUTION: Do not use metal scrapers, wire brushes, power abrasive
discs or other
abrasive means to clean the sealing surfaces. These tools cause scratches and
gouges
which make leak paths. Use a plastic scraping tool to remove all traces of old
sealant.
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Wheel And Tire
Removal
1. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut (1012). Heat
can damage
the wheel and wheel bearings.
NOTE: To avoid damage or scratching to the center cap, place facing up
when removed.
Loosen the wheel nuts.
1. NOTE: To avoid wheel damag ...
Deactivation Procedure
WARNING: If the supplemental restraint system (SRS) is being serviced,
the system must
be deactivated and restraint system diagnostic tools must be installed. Refer to
Air Bag
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) in this section.
The air bag restraint system ...
