You are probably reading this because the information you were looking for was not in your automotive repair manuals . That being said, this blog is not responsible for any injuries or damages you incur while working on your car. Replacing your ball joint is sometimes a necessary part of car maintenance, but that does not make it any less dangerous. Anything that you do under the car is automatically dangerous so you will want to make sure that the car is appropriately propped up and will not move while you work on it. Since you will be working on the ground you will want to think about gravity. Many mechanics like to power hose down the area that they will be working in so as to clean off all the dirt and grease.

You will be working underneath the car and you will be loosening a lot of things that are likely to fall on you. It might be smart to take on this habit to keep yourself a little cleaner and safer. You may also want to use WD-40 or something like it to get the bolts loose. These can be a pain to try to take off without letting something like this soak in there. This is best done after washing things down. Although it will get some things dirty again it will soak into the threads better if there is nothing in the way.

Now, remove the four top bolts. It might seem like now you might be able to just remove the ball joint, but it is actually placed there in a special way and will need a special tool to get it off. Use the pickle fork to pry the top off the ball joint and then you will need to hammer out the bottom half. When you have both halves cleared out of the hole clean it out. Over the years gunk gets stuck in there and will start to rust the outside of the new one is left in there. Once you have cleaned out the hole you are now ready to install the new one. The easiest way to learn how to do this is to look in some service manual s.

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