ball joints

[Allen Descoteaux]

Ok so I was inspecting my ride today and found out that my drivers side front ball joint is loose.  Has anyone replaced this themselves or do I need to have a shop do it?  and if I can do it myself then how easy is it?

[Chad Giffen]

You need a press to do balljoints on a 1g.

Do yourself a favor and just spend the extra cash and grab one of these from RTM racing...




https://www.rtmracing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=17295&cat=1039&page=1


It's more than $50 for a ball joint ....    but WAY less of a hassle and you won't pull your hair out.

[Allen Descoteaux]

thanks will do.

[CamWeiss]

I was able to do balljoints on mine using one of these:
http://onfinite.com/libraries/849260/album/540/405/5fb.jpg

It took some time, but they went out and back in again.

[Jason Harwood]

1g or 2g?

Replace the lower control arm, you can do it your self.

[Allen Descoteaux]

it is a 1g

[Jason Harwood]

You can still do the lower control arm. I'd recommend new!

[Allen Descoteaux]

working on it right now myself! wow it is actually fairly easy to do.

[Brett Haviland]

pressing in/out the ball joints is the hardest part on a 1G.  I wouldnt even bother replacing the whole arm on a 1g.  Doing just the ball joint is easy enough.