Hi guys, i need help replacing both front lower ball joints on my 89 crx. these are the ones that hold the lca to the knuckle. anyone know how to do this? i know i need a ball joint installer/remover tool. where can i get one?

 

the best way is to use a press just take it to a shop its a 15 min job

 

so i have to take the whole crx knckle to them?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by joker4096 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so i have to take the whole crx knckle to them?</TD></TR></TABLE> If you use the press, yes. Autozone does rent out a little ball joint press to use though for the D.I.Y. Job.

 

well idk if this is the smartest way but it wroked for me. i just seperated the lower ball joint from lca by prying on it and it comes out of the lca then i pulled the old ball joint boot off cause it wasnt going to be reused then i hammered on the ball joint so it would pop out then pushed my new one in and i was done. very easy DIY. gl

 

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yea i might use that to do it myself since my crx is not running to take it to a shop. shouldnt be too difficult anyway. Just looking for a little walkthrough.

 

I got a c-clamp rental with 23 cups, and a fews jaw pullers but still can not get the Ball joint off.

The stud is too loose. I think I will take out the knockle tomorrow in the light and beat the crap out of them.

I put the new BJs in the freezer,

Should i lube the joints and control arms?

Any tips or tricks??

thanks

 

I just beat them with a nice mallet, a couple hits and they come out. clean up where it came out then put the new one in and put a piece of wood(so you dont damage your new ball joint) on top and hammer it back in.

 

Dont forget to pull the c-clip off that holds them in

 

i just beat the sh*t out of them with a hammer until they came out, and did the same to put them back in. i tried to not dent the top to much, i didnt think about using a piece of wood.

 

Well got good news. I took the knockle off and beat it out. And got the news frozen one in, I just need to do the other side.

Thanks

 

I just did mine a couple days ago

Take your entire hub assembly out of the car of course, just remove the c'clip i used a flat head and a knife. after that i put the top part of the hub up against a wall and beat it out, i popped out in about 3 hits. I just used a vice and a couple peices of pipe to push the new ones. I used the pipes in a similar way to the balljoint installer remover, its actually easy :thumpup: