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Hi everyone.

Thinking of renewing my upper front ball joints. Is it just a case of undoing the two hexagon bolts and using a universal ball joint separator to release it from the wheel hub.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Dazzer

you may have trouble with the hex/allen key bolts when i changed mine i ended up having to grind them off from memory i think they are m8 i got 4 new ones from brickwerks and copper greades them in case i neede to remove them in future

dazzerT251900td wrote:Hi everyone.

Thinking of renewing my upper front ball joints. Is it just a case of undoing the two hexagon bolts and using a universal ball joint separator to release it from the wheel hub.

Basically yes, a small blow torch can be handy to heat the aforementioned socket head capscrews as they can be ferkin tight. I fill the head of the replacement screws with either coppaslip or silicone sealant so you get a good purchase the next time you do the job.

Ian

Are the ones fitted worn????????

Small terminal screw driver to work out all the crud from the head, bit of a blow. A couple of smacks with a lump hammer square on to the head (but not so hard it damages it) then insert a good quality allen key...trick is to make sure that the key goes ALL the way into the head (people tend to rush, don't clean the head out so the key doesn't fully insert and ends up rounding off).

Martin

i reckon they are worn,might do my wish bone bushes at same time .a bit of knocking when i ride over large pot holes ,could be my steering rack i suppose,its been mentioned on my last m o t,that there is play in-it.cheers again everyone

You may wish to swap your bushes to these ... http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... yword=bush The standard wishbone bushes are fine from Brickwerks though.