john the plumber Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Have Just Put one new Bottom Front Ball joint On Front Strut With Great Difficultly. 1st The Bolt Which Holds Main body Of The Joint Into The Housing Would Not Come Out And Eventually Snapped And I Had To Drill It Out. After I Got This Cleared The Joint Refused To Come Out (workshop Manual says just remove it.) I Had To Resort To Brute Force and hammer and chisel to shift it and in the end it Gave up and then it all went back together ok. As I Need To Do The Other Side I Wondered If Anyone Knows A Better Way To Do It. Many thanks John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlag Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 They are not normally that stubborn! Before doing the other side, I would soak it in oil /wd40 the night before and then again just before doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john the plumber Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks For Reply Will Give That Ago Next Week Many Thanks John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitman Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 as for the bolt as posted by Tlag use lots of penetrated oil. do you use a ball joint tool? if so when putting tension on the bold of the tool tap on the side of the housing and with some luck it pops out after keep putting more momentum on the bolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john the plumber Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Managed To Do Other Side Yesterday. It Was Harder Than The Other Side And Disconnected Trackrod And Link And Then Drive Shaft Came Out Of Diff By Rubber Boot Becoming Detached. Anyway Got It All Back Together So Now Got 2 new Bottom Ball Joints And 2 new Trackrod Ends. Thanks For Your Replys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Glad to hear it has been sorted - did you soak in penetrating oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john the plumber Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 yes i soaked it the day before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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