#33337, "My lower balljoint pics to give people who haven't done them help" Jun-28-11 03:42 PM by hoursetraitor
So it's a thing I have always liked doing. Taking pictures of work and posting them up to show others it's really not so hard. My lower balljoints on the straight arms were moving alot making a sucking noise. I got new ones from Autozone for around $95 for both sides. They install in less than 30 minutes a side if you're good at this, but shouldn't take more than a hour. You need a pickle fork aka balljoint seperator and a 21mm wrench for the ball joint nut since a socket won't fit and I recommend a 17mm 1/2" socket and breaker bar and 17mm wrench or ratchet for removing and breaking loose the strut at the lca and some wd4
#33339, "RE: my lower balljoint pics to give people who havent done them help" In response to Reply # 1 Jun-28-11 04:41 AM by hoursetraitor
Originally posted by teklein Awesome! Put it in the wiki!
I don't know how to do that. And it's not really all that great that it would help someone without a clue. It should be noted that the curved LCA ball joints were fine, so I geuss the ones I replaced wear out first?
#33342, "RE: my lower balljoint pics to give people who havent done them help" In response to Reply # 3
The uppers don't wear out like the lowers and they are easy. Only time saved is wheel removal. It getts spendy if you do all 3 up front at once. The curved lowers seem to cost $100-150 each and I think the uppers are even more.
Originally posted by dalesmitsu Nice, have anyone replaced the upper balljoints. This would for those wanting to replace upper and lower at same time.
#33382, "RE: my lower balljoint pics to give people who havent done them help" In response to Reply # 8
Pressing them into the knuckle to get it really tight. Just asking if you could or if anyone did it and I felt tight. Do they press them in when they where put together in the factory?
#33383, "RE: my lower balljoint pics to give people who havent done them help" In response to Reply # 9
I am still confused what you are trying achieve by doing this. The ball joint stud fits in the taper of the knuckle and torqued down. Putting it in a press would not physically do anything except make more work for you because of fitting the assembly into a press.