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.
...
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:
Heated windows and mirrors (if equipped)
Heated Rear Window
Note: The vehicle must be running to use this feature.
Press the control to clear the rear window of thin ice and fog. Press the
control again within 15 minutes to switch it off. It turns off automatically
after approximately 15 minutes, or ...
Removal
1. Remove the nuts and position the radio ignition interference capacitors
aside.
2. Remove the valve covers. For additional information, refer to Valve Cover
RH and Valve Cover
LH in this section.
3. Remove the cooling fan.
4. Remove the accessory drive ...
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
WARNING: The tire pressure monitoring system is NOT a
substitute for manually checking tire pressure. The tire pressure
should be checked periodically (at least monthly) using a tire gauge.
See Inflating Your Tires in this chapter. Failure to properly maintai ...
