Ball Joint remvoal.......

[72panelvan]

Any tips for changing over the ball joints? it's proving to be a pig of a job so far, gave up last night at 12.30 as I was making too much of a racket!

I've tried using a scissor type remover in situ, but it won't fit. I then tried locking the gap between the two torsion arms, and then tightening up the ball joint again, to pull it out - it wouldn't budge. I've taken the torsion arm off now, so i tried heating again and giving it a huge whack, with no joy. Think i've just going to have to cut it down and use my mates press!

Cheers

[illzlee]

a press is the only way mate, i took mine to a local motor engineers and they pressed em out no probs.

i too gave up after half a day of hitting it...
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[13 window deluxe]

i agree a press will fit them in minutes thats what i use. just make sure you put them in the right way when they go back in
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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

[72panelvan]

nice one cheers, i've stripped off the torsion bars now (night mare of a job again, it looks like a previous owner has cussed and chiseled the threads as a cheap alternative to loctite ) , and will give them to my mate to press tomorrow! I better remind him about lining them up properly!

Thanks

Tom

[13 window deluxe]

sounds like your having a bit of a nightmare there dude
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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

[ElusiveStranger]

Use Tippex & mark the arms and new joints as to where they should align before you give them to him
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[andewilson]

you can get ball joints out yourself in 5 mins. there is a bloke on you tube who does a how to. you simply grind the back of the b joint then knock the threded section into the joint itself and it comes out of the back (the way it went in) then it leaves you with a ring of steal in the arm. you can either run a weld around the inside on fthe ring then bang it in cold water (contracts and drops out) or you can cut a slot in it with a hacksaw. the knock it out as the pressure than goes due to the slot cut in it.

or like the other guys say. find a man with 50 tonnes
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[72panelvan]

that looks too simple to be true! awesome way of doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZLxPyRdAbY

The arms are with the fella with the press now, i'll have a chat with him - if he's struggling with one (the lowers looked incredibly rusted in) I can always switch to that technique!

Cheers!

[Alex (FTS)]

Thats amazeing!
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[13 window deluxe]

[Alex (FTS)]

lol Good point!
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[72panelvan]

i got them back from my mate today, neither press he had would touch them, just too rusted in - he got to the point where he felt the thin ring on the torsion arms could crack. I ended up using the method in the vid and had them out in no time.