i plan on replacing my upper AND lower balljoints this weekend.....

the uppers i will need to pop the rivits, i have an angle grinder, cutoff wheel, and an air chisel ---- i am set there


the lowers, i am not sure about, i have been researching and have found that i might need to press them out of the arm? is this correct? if so, how would i go about doing it?

 

well like we said in the other thread, check the recal notice and see if you can get the stealership to do them for you, save you lots of time/effort and frustration (money too )

 

and like i said in the other thread, our durango is 2wd, it is not part of the recall

 

From the boys over at DoC
http://durangoclub.com/forum/viewtop...ghlight=#26948

 

awesome link duranged408

i get to skip half those steps becuase im a 4x2

 

Oh shush.... Some of us wish we were that lucky... But the winter and off road gotta smile

 

i went to vatozone and got their press......



i have another question on something im not sure about.....

i have to press the old one out.... but do i need to press the new one in? i read the fsm and the doc writeups on it. i am unclear on this because the new one has a snap ring?

 

yea i wasnt sure if it was you in the other thread or not, so i wanted to make sure that it was out there,

 

doh! i get to the parts store, and they are like well, we have everything but the lowers...... but we might be able to find them for you in the morning..... hopefully they dont cost more than what i was quoted!

next time, im getting names, the guy on the phone when i called yesterday said in stock.... and that the hub had a new spindle nut..... it doesn't


GRRRRRRR

 

so THE 2WD IS WAY DIFFERENT THAN THE 4WD!!!!!!

the lower balljoint is rivited in with 4 rivits, there is no press fitting of the bj or anything, the upper has 3 rivits, i replaced both with moogs greasables

the lower took me forever to do.... the rivites are like an inch long..... the taper on my little air chisel wasn't as long,,,,, several hours later......... the tops took me liek an hour for both.....


all done, and we got an alignment......


if i ever have to do them again, it will be easy, since the replacements bolt in......

i also did reassembly with hand tools, because i didnt want to tick off the neighbors being i was using my air compressor and air hammer for liek 6 hours straight.....