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    #1

    Lower balljoint replacement.

    I couldn't find a DIY about lower balljoint replacement after a few searches, but I found this one on Youtube. I'll share it with y'all.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwu...e_gdata_player
    Tags: balljoint, lower, replacement, uninstall
    #2
    Prime example of why it should be addressed as soon as possible! lesson learned
    Originally posted by Quashish
    Holy crap thats a clean F series. jellish mang.
    Quashish dictionary
    Jellish: (adjective) Jel-%i'sh+#
    To envy something to point of almost blowing a load involuntarily.

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      #3
      EEEK!

      Why didn't you do the ball joints when you put the coilovers on?

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        #4
        Originally posted by choppacity View Post
        Prime example of why it should be addressed as soon as possible! lesson learned
        How, when and where did it break?
        What kind of roads do you drive on?
        How many miles on the car or on the failed part?
        Did it slip off?
        I'm curious to see up-close photo of it if you have.
        Last edited by oyajicool; 11-08-2012, 09:54 AM.
        A&P-IA

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          #5
          Do you have a Hayes or Chilton service manual ? If not its pretty straight forward . I would suggest both upper and lower balljoints as well as outer tie rods . You can rent a ball joint press for next to nothing from AutoZone . Or remove knuckles completely and take them to a machine shop and have them pressed out and new ones in .

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            #6
            LOL, that video makes it look like a cake walk! I did my
            LBJs in 4 hours (2 hours each side) going casually slow and taking my time and using power tools, retaining ring pliars, pitman arm pullers, and a press.

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              #7
              Originally posted by choppacity View Post
              Prime example of why it should be addressed as soon as possible! lesson learned
              OUCH!

              I've to hurry up and fix it! And drive carefully, of course.

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                #8
                Originally posted by wildBill83 View Post
                LOL, that video makes it look like a cake walk! I did my
                LBJs in 4 hours (2 hours each side) going casually slow and taking my time and using power tools, retaining ring pliars, pitman arm pullers, and a press.
                This video shows a good method because they don't use press or any special tools, just a hammer and a pipe for the hard part for example. If you don't have issues on the way, it will be a cake walk literally.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by wildBill83 View Post
                  EEEK!

                  Why didn't you do the ball joints when you put the coilovers on?
                  They were just cheap coilover sleeve and were installed couple years back. Didnt notice any play in the ball joint, but it made minor creaking couple weeks prior.

                  Originally posted by oyajicool View Post
                  How, when and where did it break?
                  What kind of roads do you drive on?
                  How many miles on the car or on the failed part?
                  Did it slip off?
                  I'm curious to see up-close photo of it if you have.
                  At this point i drove the car about 100 miles a day with mixed road conditions but all city, no offroading or anything lol. The road i was driving on was fairly smooth traveling about 45 mph when out of nowhere i here a loud pop and the tire screeching extremely loud. i was able to control the car and pull it over to the right lane so no further damage was done. I'm not sure when the balljoint was last replaced but judging by what happened, i should have replaced it sooner. I needed a new axle, fender, tire, UCA and staiblizer bar





                  Originally posted by Quashish
                  Holy crap thats a clean F series. jellish mang.
                  Quashish dictionary
                  Jellish: (adjective) Jel-%i'sh+#
                  To envy something to point of almost blowing a load involuntarily.

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                    #10
                    Wow

                    Thank you for sharing.

                    It looks like it popped off from the knuckle. no?
                    Last edited by oyajicool; 11-09-2012, 09:03 AM.
                    A&P-IA

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                      #11
                      Looks like it's time for a new LBJ and an axle.

                      BB6->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=200445<Summer Lover
                      BD6->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=194262<Dailey/Future AutoX
                      Mazda 6s->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=201313<Wifes
                      CB7->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=189108<Sold

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                        #12
                        I dont get how it came out of the knuckle like that

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                          #13
                          X2^

                          The cup must be messed up.
                          Any pics of the knuckle where the ball joint slipped from?

                          BB6->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=200445<Summer Lover
                          BD6->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=194262<Dailey/Future AutoX
                          Mazda 6s->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=201313<Wifes
                          CB7->http://cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=189108<Sold

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                            #14
                            That lower ball joint trick never works for me.

                            My swap thread
                            Main relay proplems?--DIY

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                              #15
                              i changed both of mine in like 2hours. i put the LBJS in the freezer and then put a bottle jack under the ball joint and heated and with the weight of the car it popped right out and went it just as easy.

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