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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Lindsay, TX
Posts: 1,245
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How to remove lower ball joints?
Finally getting to do some work on my frame and I got some new lower ball joints. But how do I get the old ones out and the new ones in?
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Account Suspended
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Kelowna BC Canada
Posts: 481
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they are pressed into the control arm u will need to get them Hyd. pressed out by a shop or if u have one go for it and then all u do is do the same process to press in the new ones
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Robert Olson Transport
![]() Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: recent transplant to NC USA
Posts: 20,293
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if youve still got the a frames in the truck you can get a small press tool from autozone or pep bopys and do em right in the truck or ive also been told ( although ive never tried it) to support the lower control arm and give the ball joint a couple of whacks with a baby sledge and it will pop out you can then put the new ball joint in the hole and grease it some and support the bottom of the ball joint with something about the same size then beat the control arm down around it. Again ive never tried that routeso if thats an old wives tale ya didnt hear it from me lol
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Irving/Valley Ranch, Tx
Posts: 897
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I've used the ball joint press that Autozone rents out. It looks like a big C-clamp and you attach a wrench or socket to it and press out the old one then press in the new one. Its pretty straight forward and the longer the wrench you use the easier it is to do. Its $99 at Autozone, but you get your money back when you return it.
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#5 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Chinle, Arizona
Posts: 60
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you can smack the old ones out, but I do recommend the use of the press or the c-shaped press.
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#6 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Posts: 86
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Ball joint press is the best way to go. I got mine from Harbor Freight...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38335 B |
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#7 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Simi Valley, CA
Posts: 1,387
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call me old fassioned but I prefer the pickle fork and jack method. I have used it many times sucessfully on almost all of my cars and trucks from the suburban, silverado, and my Impala. Works everytime!
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