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lower ball joint GRRRRRRR

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ok i've managed to get the old one out , but can get the new one in enough to get the clip on , any tips ?
looks like a bigger hammer and chiesl :roll:
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Have you enough room to put a large socket over the top of the joint and then pull it up using the nut and some washers through the square drive hole ?

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its the lower one Ian , its pressers in , or in my case , "feck" me back up and still does go in :roll: :lol: still doc's signed me off sick for a week :cry: , oh and did i say i managed to frell up the upper on getting it off :oops:
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T'Onion wrote: its the lower one Ian , its pressers in

Haven't got the bible here ... thought it pressed in or pulled up from below and had a big circlip on't bottom ? :oops: What about a 3 leg puller from underneath onto a socket covering the pin but onto the body of the joint ?

T'Onion wrote: oh and did i say i managed to frell up the upper on getting it off :oops:

Bout par fert course :roll: Daft lad !

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Press it in...
Hammers and chisels dont work as it bends the flange...
It is a pig of a job....
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Mark I have been told that the weight of the van will push it in....
and that was from someone who done it at the sidse of the road. :wink:
as tomanytoys says about the flange, once you have bent it the circlip is impossible to get in.
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Bottom Ball Joint Fitting,,,,,,,

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I must admit you are taking your life in your hands when removing and fitting lower ball joints even with a 20 Tonne press..... :shock:

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Fritz wrote:I must admit you are taking your life in your hands when removing and fitting lower ball joints even with a 20 Tonne press..... :shock:

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why ? :?
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mean while , all sort (without the aid of a ten tonne press :roll: i think i miss layed it )
a few taps with a hammer and chisel and bobs your auntie ,
fitted a new upper as well , so hopefully on monday the mot man will love me :shock:
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T'Onion wrote: so hopefully on monday the mot man will love me :shock:

Best get rid of that Gorgonzola there friend :cheese :run
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yeh i hope they dont fail it on the smell from t'fridge....(health hazard n all that)... :lol:
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sukhoi27 wrote:yeh i hope they dont fail it on the smell from t'fridge....(health hazard n all that)... :lol:

just found a bit hiding in the back ,under the freezer part ... frell me it honks , tastes nice mind you
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An old fashion fly press will do the job.Most garages used to have these in not far days gone by.Why not try to see if there is a engineering shop or garage near you with one.
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if or when i have to do the other side then i will take the whole thing off and get it pressed in , thats if i can find somewhere that has a press and a collar to suit the ball joint
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T'Onion wrote:if or when i have to do the other side then i will take the whole thing off and get it pressed in , thats if i can find somewhere that has a press and a collar to suit the ball joint

Ask and ye shall find :wink:

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