Ball joints

[rollerdan]

How hard are these to replace ...

 

[roland rat]

not to difficult mate,about half hour a side and 3 bolts holding them

 

[rollerdan]

okay pal thinking about changing the whole wishbone to be honest ,the bushes look very worn as it is .

 

[DaveDreads]

If you're going to change the wishbones then it's an ideal time to upgrade to polybushes.

 

[rollerdan]

i was thinking the same dude but ive seen some threads on here that say if you dont tack them propally they will eat the subframe :/ so dont wanna try a risk it myself , and theres no decent garages round here that would do it for a reasonable price, id like to do the arb too so its worth thinking about .

 

[Martyn_182]

Guessing it's just a bolt off bolt on sort of job? Need to do one on my 182 this week to. At least i was told it was a ball joint that was making a noise

 

[DaveDreads]

i was thinking the same dude but ive seen some threads on here that say if you dont tack them propally they will eat the subframe :/ so dont wanna try a risk it myself , and theres no decent garages round here that would do it for a reasonable price, id like to do the arb too so its worth thinking about .

Yeah, the sleeves do need tack welding in or they pop out.

 

[Hodgins]

have an angle grinder ready, my ball joints were very very corroded, after heating them up with no luck i just ground them off lol

 

[Martyn_182]

hmmm. Might need to inspect them first haha. Just planned on doing it outside my flat

 

[Hodgins]

it may just be me, went at it flat out and it wouldn't budge so ended up rounding the bolts (cowboy lol) so ground that sides bolts off, the other side I got a long bar over my ratchet/spanner and got them loose