 Disassembling the front control arm ball joint |
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| chris914 |
 May 9 2005, 10:34 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 489 Joined: 24-July 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 2,393 Region Association: Southern California  |
I’m replacing the front control bushings and putting in turbo tie rods.
Which is easier to get the control arm out? 1.) Removing the strut and the ball joint from the control arm, or 2.) Removing the strut from the ball joint and leaving the ball joint in the control arm. |
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| Mueller |
May 9 2005, 11:12 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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#2 option by far is the easiest..... |
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| Series9 |
May 9 2005, 11:15 PM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
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| TravisNeff |
May 9 2005, 11:22 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Once you have your balljoint bolt/pin removed place a jack under the rotor hat and jack it up a ways to take the load off, whack the A-arm with a BFH a couple times and it will pop right off. Those nuts on the ball joint are a bitch to remove, I waited till I got an alignment and had the shop replace them, they only charged me an hour but said it took them over a couple hours to bust them free.
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| eeyore |
May 10 2005, 09:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 889 Joined: 8-January 04 From: meridian, id Member No.: 1,533 Region Association: None |
Number 2!
I lost track of what I was doing and accidentally wound up doing in the Number 1 way. No fun. I have the appropriate ball joint nut socket if you want to borrow it. |
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| rhodyguy |
May 10 2005, 10:59 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,063 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
loosen the balljoint/control arm clamping nut before you pull the top of the balljoint out of the strut.
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| Cap'n Krusty |
May 10 2005, 11:13 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
"A couple of hours"? For a job that shouldn't take over 10-15 minutes per side? Even if the ball joints were stuck in the struts, it still shouldn't have taken even a half hour per side. Perhaps they didn't have a clue .......................... The Cap'n |
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| TravisNeff |
May 10 2005, 11:25 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region
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perhaps not, but they were complaining up a storm when I picked them up. Of course they wer nice enough align the car and not check the super loose wheelbearings in the front either so who knows..
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