Bottom ball Joints

Post by **TOONGA** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:56 pm

Having found some time and bottom ball joints On ebay as supercheap didn't stock them and everyone else had to order them in at twice the price ebay was offering I decided I would replace both Joints

needless to say I did the worse one first on the drivers side if I ever see the guy I bought my brumby off Im going to fit him with this

Im pretty sure this joint has done over 180000 kms as I had to remove the Knuckle from the car and use every shred of my subaru experience to get this bugger out

I kid you not there is over 3mm of play in the joint (more like dance)

so after taking half a day to do one ball joint Ive got to find time neat weekend to do the left one

oh joy

TOONGA

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:35 pm

Have you got a ball joint removal tool? it might be worth the $20 to get one. Like this one because i had the same trouble the first time i did my ute ones.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DRAPER-38859-FORK ... 135002r442

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:47 pm

that is what u need as we have one at work and it is very good to have one .

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:18 pm

It doesnt have to be long, a small one will do the job.
I use pulley puller to do the job on mine and does the job! (saves my knuckles with the hummer! lol)
Cheers
AP

Post by **TOONGA** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:08 pm

yep I have a ball joint remover the missing metal is because I nearly broke the tool on the ball joint

it was that rusted tight into place I thought I was going to break the bolt out of the seat at one stage, but a slide hammer saved the day but not my wits

TOONGA

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:36 pm

I got a set of those ball joints off ebay and put them in my brumby. They seem ok. I tend to be using ebay a bit more for this sort of thing, watching out for quality. It gets delivered right to your door

I bought tie rod ends from a local parts place and left the boxes in the shed. They are marked right and left. When I opened them up, they were both left ones,

The point I'm making is that EBAY is not so bad as long as you are sure the items are quality.

T.

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:05 pm

Yep I get that with Ebay completely Ive had some rather crap experiences buying processors from people in America I always use paypal

the parts I got are the same ones all the stores have but at half the price and

as for quality the car actually steers now and doesnt clunk every time I change gears

how long the last will depend on how well i treat the brumby

TOONGA

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:12 pm

do u drill and tap them so you can pump some grease into them .

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:41 pm

have a look at this .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQB8aJa-GI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC-23Ml8 ... re=related

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:41 pm

did the left one on Sunday morning it was as bad as the right but had been stuffed full of grease to stop the noise only took and hour and a half to get the old joint out clean the rust and crap out and grease and insert the new joint no more clunk when I take off or come to a halt

the steering feels way better now all i need is 2 new ti-rod ends and 2 new steering rack boots and my front end is rebuilt

TOONGA