Lower ball joint! Real time ideas to get this thing apart today! (1 Viewer)

[fjman]

Well I’m going out to give it whirl. Thanks for the suggestions and wish me luck! I’ll post up how things are going. I had to take care of some stuff earlier so looks like I’ll be taking my wife’s car to work again since i only have about an hour left to work on it. I wasn’t able to get a seperater tool but I did pick up a new torch since I couldn’t find my old one

 

[fjman]

Looks like I’ll be looking for a puller tool in the morning. This is a bit discouraging. I was hoping to have them both done by today so I could do the SPC arms tomorrrow since they are supposed to arrive today

 

[fjman]

Got it out! Thanks for the help guys!

Another question, the new ball joint looks like it’s seated in there pretty good but I feel like it is very very slightly not straight. Is this an issue? Snap ring should go in no problem.

And btw, my upper joint has a huge amount of play it turns out... hopefully no problems driving on it today! New upper arms should go in this coming week

 

[fjman]

I just figured i should update this. I got the balljoint replaced and put the SPC UCAs on. I never got to the second balljoint and may just hold off!

On the way to the dealership for a very much needed alignment it actually felt more solid. After the alignment it feels like a new truck.

My numbers before the alignment were comically so far from spec. On the drivers side I didn’t even attempt to re-align the upper arm mounts. I was a little worried the dealership might not be sure about the alignment due to the adjustable arms but they were able to get all the numbers within spec.