4x2 Ball Joint Replacement Adventure
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4x2 Ball Joint Replacement Adventure
Boy I tell ya, I was thinking that bolt on ball joints might be a little easier to change then press in and boy was I WRONG.
Never in my life have I found something on a vehicle so tough to get off, these are the factory joints and they are meant to stay on.
I'm just doing the driver side today and I'm really considering taking it to the shop for the passenger side, or get drastic and break out the oxy acetylene torch, i know I know heat and suspension = bad idea.
Stopped for dinner and a Corona.
Never in my life have I found something on a vehicle so tough to get off, these are the factory joints and they are meant to stay on.
I'm just doing the driver side today and I'm really considering taking it to the shop for the passenger side, or get drastic and break out the oxy acetylene torch, i know I know heat and suspension = bad idea.
Stopped for dinner and a Corona.
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But it was worth it, NO more squeaking, and my wheels don't rub on the bottom control arm in a full turn!.
The upper ball joint had no up/down or side/side play but was messed up on the inner rim. The bottom ball joint had quit a bit of up/down play.
Will be doing the passenger side next, and now that I know what to expect it should go a lot smoother.
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We did try that at first, we couldn't get the rivet's to knock out once we had the head off, regardless of how big a punch or hammer.
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All the punch did was make a groove in the rivet.
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