lower ball joint

[axeman]

dose any know or have a order of works for the lower ball joint removal and fitting (late/cast arms?

thanks neil

[syncropaddy]

Not difficult, just take the arm off - dont forget to measure the radius arm thread. Removal of the ball joint is easy too but you need a lump hammer. Holding the arm with the ball joint facing you hit the arm on the side of the ball joint at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. That will loosen it ......

[syncrosimon]

Big hammer and hit it hard after removing snap ring. Tap all the way in to seat the snap ring, I just used a drift as shown and worked around and around.

[jebiga41]

Tap it with a sledge if needed

[futbus]

Rather than using a big hammer to insert, if you have someone locally with a press. You can also remove the lower arm with the tie rod and dont move the inner nut so all the tracking will be near enough when it goes back together.

[syncropaddy]

Tap it with a sledge if needed

Just keep your thumb out of the way .......

I used a big socket and a big vice to press the joints back in but dont forget to align the joint as shown in Simon's picture

[Simon Baxter]

Rather than using a big hammer to insert, if you have someone locally with a press. You can also remove the lower arm with the tie rod and dont move the inner nut so all the tracking will be near enough when it goes back together.

That's not the tracking adjustment, that's the castor adjustment.
yes, castor adjustment will affect tracking and camber, but that's not where you adjust tracking, you do that on the track rod ends.

[axeman]

thanks all

neil