Front Lower ball joint.
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Front Lower ball joint.
After my bongo failed the MOT on front lower ball joints, I was please that I had already got some. After 10 days of bashing, knashing of teeth and crashing the first one is done. It took 7 days to take the old one out. It wouldn’t shift. I made all sorts of contraptions and also ordered pullers from Amazon. I read all the relevant posts on the forum. Watched YouTube. Putting the new one in was nearly as bad as pulling the old one. That has taken 3 days. It wouldn’t go in. I thought you might like to see the thing I made to push the new one in And all the tools I needed for the job.
Looking forward to starting on the other side.Re: Front Lower ball joint.
Quite the job.
Well done.
Well done.
Re: Front Lower ball joint.
Might be easier if you removed the lower arm then push them out and back in again using a vice if not get them too an engineering firm with a press.
Thats if you have a big enough vice of course.
Thats if you have a big enough vice of course.
Re: Front Lower ball joint.
You would be better taking the lower wishbone off the vehicle,, after 10 days of bashing i dont think I would trust the safety of the BJ .Mazda /Ford owing the the make up of the LW do not recommend replacing the Ball Joint .