hoboturkey New Member 1 Member For: 7y 10m 20d Posted 03/02/17 08:35 AM Share Posted 03/02/17 08:35 AM Hi Phil, thank you very much for this pictorial. I am curious about one thing though. I am tightening down the lower ball joint and it occurred to me that I do not understand why it doesnt spin as it tightens. A ball should spin shouldn't it ? I didn't need two spanners to take it off and the photos don't answer this. I have not come across a north south positioning mentioned anywhere for mounting a ball joint and am a little perplexed. For anyone else reading this, I bought a press on ebay for 55 bucks but as it took a week to show up , I think it might depend on your level of desperation wether to go this way. One side of the car was easier than the other for some reason. I thought I was going to crack the concrete in the garage before the upper arm ball joint gave. I did this when it was off the car (left the lower arms on) and am glad as I could see progress on the bench as I tightened. The uppers were much heavier work than the lowers and I think different brands of ball joint may make the new rubber boot a necessity for removal before pressing. Depends on the fittings supplied with the press. Double check the upper arm bushes as I replaced them as well and found one side were already new after I had drilled out the rubber which was buried under dirt. I got quoted big dollars to do this and feel every bit off 55 years today. You will need plenty of time as my joints (the car that is) were a lot tougher than anything on you tube. Car had 310 thousand ks, so no idea how old these were or if they were fitted right last time. Good luck to the next reader and thank you very much again Phil. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/02/17 08:40 AM Share Posted 03/02/17 08:40 AM Good job and getting it done yourself. By the sound of it, your car had never had the ball joints replaced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceDickchops New Member 7 Member For: 10y 23d Posted 16/03/17 05:58 AM Share Posted 16/03/17 05:58 AM wow,,,great write up, thanks for taking the time to document it all. Might have to get one of those tools. All of this time I have been doing it with a piece of endless threaded bolt & two nuts, about 6 pieces of different bore size galvanized pipe & many different size heavy duty washers. It does the job but it's clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochefort Member 80 Member For: 11y 15d Posted 06/07/17 04:04 AM Share Posted 06/07/17 04:04 AM After paying 260 bucks for a mechanic to do this, might have to start doing it myself... My car seems to chew through bloody ball joints.. About a set of lowers a year, was fine when it was covered under warranty lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrymcgaw New Member 3 Member For: 7y 1m 28d Posted 01/11/17 03:37 AM Share Posted 01/11/17 03:37 AM Hello Philmeup, well done Sir this post is by far one of the best/easiest/ diy stories I've read, it's made my suspension refit a breeze Kudos to you. Any chance of you doing one on wheel alignments?... Kind regards Garry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanB Member 136 Member For: 11y 6m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/11/17 01:16 PM Share Posted 19/11/17 01:16 PM Did mine recently and definitely found what@hoboturkey said to be true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzanz Donating Members 573 Member For: 9y 4m 22d Gender: Male Location: NZ Posted 19/11/17 02:53 PM Share Posted 19/11/17 02:53 PM Where did old philly boy go? His writeups were unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 23d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 18/01/18 06:19 AM Share Posted 18/01/18 06:19 AM He was ambushed on the intermaweb, due to the way he reacted to one of his Taxi's being involved in an accident. He was stalked on all media outlets(faceballs/antilag/AFF and Fordxr6t website) and paid the ultimate price. He does not frequent any of these websites any more as far as I am aware. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/01/18 06:24 AM Share Posted 18/01/18 06:24 AM :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 23d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 18/01/18 07:00 AM Share Posted 18/01/18 07:00 AM I have tried to lure him back, but with no luck. The last time I was in contact with him, was at the last cruise he attended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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