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Front lower ball joint

OEM part numberMR496799Order this one

SuspensionSafety-critical2 per vehicleFitsGen 3

Safety notice — Suspension.

This affects a safety-critical system. Reference material only: for safety-critical work, consult a qualified mechanic.

Esto afecta un sistema crítico para la seguridad. Material de referencia únicamente: en trabajos críticos para la seguridad, consulte a un mecánico calificado.

Community consensus. This entry is not backed by factory documentation — treat its values and steps as a starting point, not as if they came from the factory manual.

Consenso de la comunidad. Esta entrada no se apoya en documentación de fábrica — tome los valores y los pasos como punto de partida, no como si vinieran del manual de fábrica.

The lower ball joint in each front corner. The truck takes the quantity above, one per side, and the genuine part is supplied with a new castle nut and cotter pin — do not reuse the old pin, and do not let anyone talk you into reusing the nut. The specialist selling it recommends OEM here specifically on the grounds that aftermarket joints do not stand up to larger tyres and off-road use, which is exactly the load a Costa Rican truck that works past the end of the pavement puts on them. A worn lower ball joint is not a noise problem, it is a separation risk: if there is play here, the wheel can leave the truck. The number, the fitment and the count come from the Montero specialist's own catalogue page, cited below — a parts catalogue is good evidence for what a part number is and what it fits, and it is not factory literature, so read every figure on this page as the catalogue's claim rather than as a service-manual specification.

Sources

  1. Luso Overland — MONTERO Gen3 Ball Joint, Front / Lower (MR496799): part number, fitment table, quantity per vehicle, and the note that a new castle nut and cotter pin are includedVendor cataloguearchived copy
  2. YoshiParts — Mitsubishi OEM front lower ball joint kit MR496799: part number, description and Pajero/Montero V64W (3rd Gen, 1999-2006) fitment, independent of the Montero specialist's catalogue aboveVendor cataloguearchived copy