can any shop replace lower ball joints or is this a hard job? I have been around to many shops here in town and no one seems to be able to do it. I F'd them up nicely yesterday trying to remove my cv/shafts and now needless to say they cant be used again. Who can press out the studs and put new ones in? Should i actually take these to a dealer????

 

How'd u mess them up?

 

Any shop can do this.

 

I usually take my time and normally figure it out with out to much trouble.

I think the other shops just don't want to be troubled with helping you. I have hard time believing that any shop would not know how to remove a ball joint without damging it. More than likely, they don't see it as a profit worth their time. But, I'm only speculating this.

 

that sounds about right, not worth there time or effort. Yeah, i banged them out in a hurry not thinking. OH well, damage done, time to fix it.

Ball joints from honda on the way cause i got frustrated and tired of mesing with it.

 

Next time use the We Todd Did method to break the ball joint loose.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=211147

 

Yeah get the ball joint separator from jc whitney from the other thread: http://www.jcwhitney.com/item.jhtml?...=19652&BQ=jcw2
That's the one I have. Just put it on and turn the bolt w/ a big 1/2 drive ratchet and the ball joint will come out w/ a pop. Remember to keep the threads on the ball joint separator greased. The tool separates the ball joint cleanly and the boots come out intact. I once had a shop work on my car and they banged the hell out of my right ball joint or something cause now the ball joint treads are a bit messed up.


[Modified by SargentNg, 6:00 PM 1/2/2003]

 

thanks guys, used a seperator and it worked like a champ