Remove wheel hub, remove the 4 bolts holding the ball joint in place, heat it up with a torch, then bash the crap out of with a hammer til the ball joint pops out.
on the upper ball joints just remove the four bolts on the upper control arm and use a picker fork to remove the balljoint from the steering knuckle. for the lower ball joints you have to remove the axle then repeat the same steps for the uppers
If its 2 wheel drive, you will need a press. Those ball joints are pressed into the upper and lower control arms. If it is 4 Wheel drive you need to remove the rivets with either an air chisel or to drill them out.
Remove driveshaft nut,remove kingpin grease cap and remove 17mm nut.Lever down kingpin from upper arm and remove driveshaft from hub.Hammer c.v. joint off shaft( inner circlip).
Two. One on each side in the front. There are only lower ball joints on this vehicle. There are no upper ball joints - there are struts instead.
Look in a removable housing at the engine end of the upper radiator hose
replace the upper control arm and take it to aligment shop it will be the right process
The answer to this Question is that there are 46 or 45 joints in the human body. x3
Look where the upper and lower radiator hoses go after they come out of the radiator. There should be a housing on one of the two with 2 or 3 bolts holding it on. Remove the housing and the thermostat should be underneath.
Check your upper and lower ball joints, that's usually the culprit.
you have to remove the spindle and press the old ones off
I've changed them on my 97 4cyl, almost exact same truck, 2wd. pull off wheels,remove brake pads caliper and rotor, behind metal plate should be 4 bolts on top of ball joint and one below with cotter pin and nut, remove these. next, use ball joint seperator (fork type or auto zone loans out pro kit) to remove ball joints. install new ball joint, reassembly is reverse.
PCV valve is located under the hood, center, upper engine area, mounted in intake manifold.