Front lower ball joint rotation torque (NB2)
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Not yet checked against the factory manual for your car's year. It's verified in the 2005 Mazda MX-5 Miata Workshop Manual (electronic manual capture); later manuals may differ.
0.4—1.9 N·m
Factory manualTaken from a Mazda factory workshop manual, with page citation.
Procedure
Measured rotational resistance; use the inspection conditions on the cited page. This is not a fastener tightening torque. Use printed N·m; inconsistent secondary units do not change the factory N·m value.
Applies to
- NB 2001–2005 (BP-Z3)
- NB 2004–2005 (BP-Z3-TURBO)
- Verified in: 2005 Mazda MX-5 Miata Workshop Manual (electronic manual capture)
Sources
- 2005 Mazda MX-5 Miata Workshop Manual (electronic manual capture)Tier 1Page PDF p. 1095Printed: “0.4—1.9 N·m {3.5—19.5 kgf·cm, 3.1—16.9 in·lbf}”Printed N·m is authoritative per owner instruction. Secondary-unit misprints are preserved in as_printed but omitted from structured torque.
Also in Front control arms
- Front upper ball joint nut (to knuckle)
- Front lower arm alignment cam bolt nuts
- Front lower arm alignment cam bolt nuts (1994 on)
- Front lower ball joint nut
- Front lower arm rear cam bolt nut (1994–97)
- Front upper arm pivot bolt nut
- Front lower ball joint to lower arm bolts and nuts
- Front lower arm alignment cam nuts (NB2)
- Front upper arm pivot nut (NB2)
- Front upper ball joint nut (NB2)
- Front lower ball joint to arm vertical bolt (NB2)
- Front lower ball joint to arm nut (NB2)
- Front lower ball joint to knuckle nut (NB2)
- Front upper ball joint rotation torque (NB2)