01 Dakota 4x4 front lower ball joint removal
#1
01 Dakota 4x4 front lower ball joint removal
My front lower ball joints apparently need to be replaced. Looking at the pics I see of what is listed as replacement parts (mostly moog greaseable), they don't look like what I have. I have no rivets or bolts holding the ball joints ot the control arm. Just some sort of cap at the top end of the control arm. How was that ball joint install and how does it get removed?
Is this the right replacement part?
http://www.thepartsbin.com/catalog/?...&N=10110&Nty=1
//edit:
This is the Moog
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moog-...Q5fAccessories
Thanks
-John (noob)
Is this the right replacement part?
http://www.thepartsbin.com/catalog/?...&N=10110&Nty=1
//edit:
This is the Moog
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moog-...Q5fAccessories
Thanks
-John (noob)
Last edited by JohnnyTooBad; 01-20-2009 at 05:12 PM.
#2
#4
#5
I believe you are correct, the lower 4x4 joints are pressed in then held in with a big clip from underneath. My mechanic will be changing mine in the morning, I'll let you know.
#6
Cool. Let me know how it goes/went. If I can't hammer/cut the old one out I hope to be able to borrow a press from an auto parts store, or make a makeshift one with the use of some C clamps.
#7
Trending Topics
#9
Yep recall was for upper.
Lower's have to be pressed out and new ones pressed in. What a pain in the ***! You have to remove the lower control arm unless somebody has a trick I don't know about. I will be taking mine to a shop tomorrow to have them swapped out then reinstalling the control arms ourselves.
Lower's have to be pressed out and new ones pressed in. What a pain in the ***! You have to remove the lower control arm unless somebody has a trick I don't know about. I will be taking mine to a shop tomorrow to have them swapped out then reinstalling the control arms ourselves.
#10
My plan is to cut off the top caps with a die grinder or diamond cutting bit in a dremmel, then maybe drill some holes in the top of the ball joint so that it has room to collapse a bit. I may heat the control arm with an LP torch and put some non flammable lube in there, then beat the crap out of it with a 5lb hammer. And toughts on whether this would work or not?