my ball joint is in bad shape would it be a difficult fix for a novice wrencher or should i just bring it to a shop

 

If you have a vise, snap ring pliers, 4 lb hammer, ball joint press and tools to remove knuckles you can do it yourself. It's pretty simple. Takes me about 1 hour.

I suggest you try it first. If it has to go to the shop remove the knuckle yourself to save some $.

if you have problems post them here

 

getting the ball joints off of the suspension components is going to be fun the a arm, tie rod, and lca.

 

i couldn't get the ball press to work. i used PB blaster to lube it up then beat the crap out of it with a hammer for about 30 minutes until it came out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by riceisnicenv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i couldn't get the ball press to work. i used PB blaster to lube it up then beat the crap out of it with a hammer for about 30 minutes until it came out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The ball joint press is used to install.

Remove the ball joint w/o pulling the knuckle. Known as the "craftsman trick"
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MugenDude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
1.) make sure the lower control arm is still attatched to everything.
2.) jack up the suspension assembly by the rotor.
3.) insert a 1/2" socket wrench in between the knuckle and the lower control arm.
4.) lower the jack.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eda6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

The ball joint press is used to install.

</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah it wouldn't install either... so i banged the joint in also.

 

do it yourself, its easy. find some instructions.





Modified by efhatch at 11:57 PM 1/9/2005

 

im going to change my both my front ball joints, anything else that would be good to change while i'm there?