Ball Joints!!!

[imdawrlus]

doing upper and lower ball joints on my s10 2wd.....got the upper off fine....the lower is popped off but how the hell does it come out of the control arm?!?!?!? i need to be able to do this myself because its allready taken apart...thanks!!!

[DROPPEDGMC]

probably is pressed in

[imdawrlus]

it is pressed.....how do i get the old one out and the new one in????

[OBI WAN]

Pickle fork!!! Or get something to hold either the knuckle and or a arm and drive the other one away!! Still say pickle forKK

[bvr775]

you really need a ball joint tool. The one I use is a homemade 2 pieces. one piece looks like a a piece of C channel(it is, but it's 1/2 welded steel). the other is a cup like thing(it's a seal press I drilled a hole in). you spin the nut down on the ball stud put the tool over the nut and under the lip on the control arm and back the nut off the stud. the presser pops the ball joint out. to replace them you put the over the hole run the new stud trough it and tighten down on it till the ball seats in the control arm.
u can buy a set ball joint tools fairly cheap or rent them from a parts store.If you buy them keep this in mind, it's a tool most driveway mechanics will only use a couple times so it doesn't have a high end brand like matco. the elcheaps should hold up long enough to do both sides.

[OBI WAN]

Yeah the puller is better, but with the pickle you can use it for everything including a pry bar etc!!!

[bvr775]

Yeah the puller is better, but with the pickle you can use it for everything including a pry bar etc!!!

translation: hitting thing's is fun:D

[imdawrlus]

i went to autozone and got the press....it deffinatelly makes it possable....the god **** chiltons manual says that for the lower balljoint you need to "take it to a machine shop to have it pressed" ****....but i got one side done and one more to go....thanks guys.....

[blazen]

good luck there a pain

[LEADFOOT]

translation: hitting thing's is fun:D
Thats why I work on my truck by myself. I don't want to be responsible for hitting somebody with a flying tool out of anger and fustration. The way they make **** these days, (so its a P.I.T.A. to do the work yourself) will really piss someone off. :banghead_ :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:

[OBI WAN]

translation: hitting thing's is fun:D
Someone got it!!! KInda like a roll of duct tape, has many uses. And make sure its a Craftsman, cause they'll take any tool back NO MATTER what it was used for!!!