Changing a ball joint

1. AdamWhyp Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 Llanelli Posts: 1800 Saxo project S1400!!!

   #1 11th April 2008, 10:52

   Anyone know how to change the ball joint on the wishbone without a press??
2. Tim_1 Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2007 Porthleven/Cornwall Posts: 601 corsa 1.2 Saxo VTR

   #2 11th April 2008, 10:54

   hammer, big screwdriver, and some brawn
3. AdamWhyp Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 Llanelli Posts: 1800 Saxo project S1400!!!

   #3 11th April 2008, 10:55

   and im guessing just hammer the new ball joint back in??
4. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

   #4 11th April 2008, 11:04

   i did this yesterday and i ended up walking to the nearest garage.
   i hammered the shit out of it in a vice for 10 minutes.
   they pressed out the old and pressed new one in for nothing!
   its a 5 minute job for them.
5. Lozza_vtr Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Sunny Essex!! Posts: 2342 VW Golf Mk4 1.8T

   #5 11th April 2008, 12:06

   Yeah take it to a garage and get the to press them out. I have heard they can be very stubborn.
6. Gabbastard Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390

   #6 11th April 2008, 12:11

   Get a proper mans vice like this
   
   
   
   Rest the balljoint housing over the vice jaws, so that they are supported, and the balljoint itself has nothing underneath. Then smash it REALLY hard with a large hammer and drift.
   
   Then use the vice and sockets to press the new ones in.
7. AdamWhyp Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 Llanelli Posts: 1800 Saxo project S1400!!!

   #7 11th April 2008, 12:16

   thanks guys....will probly give it a go myself...but knowing my car... nothing is as straight forward as that!!