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Offline bambamjj

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'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« on: July 28, 2008, 20:56:25 »
Has any one replaced the 'A' frame ball joint, i get a clunk every now and again and the vehicle is 12 years old so would be worth doing as a matter of course.

Any one done it and if so any hints, is it difficult, can it be done with everything in situ......

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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 21:43:55 »
hi, i had a banging noise and changed it and the noise went, now theres a different noise, but atleast im chasing them out.

right im usless on cars but il try anything might just take me longer than a normal person, i left everthing onit a 30mm spanner you need, and where the a frame balljoint sits in, i was told to give it a clout with a club hammer to loosen it, only took me a couple of hours i was impressed with myself,

hope it goes well for you
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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 21:46:13 »
It can be a bitch, really really bad. Mine was stuck fast, I used plus gas, heat, hammers, bigger hammers, pry bars and alsorts and that was with the axle off the car. I spent about two hours beating the hell out of the bolts to get the last arm detached from the balljoint assembly, in the end i shifted the bolts about half an inch but they were mushroomed so badly I just cut the heads off the bolts with a hacksaw and fitted the new balljoint with new bolts and copious quantities of copper slip.

Mines 14 years old, I hope yours are much easier.

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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 21:58:59 »
stu mines a 1994, i always put new bolts in any job i do as if igot to do anything else i no it will be ok, but it sounds like you had a fight on your hands,
hope yours goes better bambam
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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 22:19:23 »
Has anyone seen/tried those adjustible ball joints from Paddock? I just had a standard one fitted but was intrigued by them.
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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2008, 08:10:07 »
thanks for info Guys, hoping to use the weight of the vehicle to my advantage when undoing the nuts/bolts.  gonna soak everything for a week or so with a few squirts of WD each night.
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Re: 'A' frame ball joint replacement, has any one..
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2008, 22:45:18 »
To remove the casting with the ball joint in it start by slackeneing the nuts on the 2 bolts holding the A frame together and slacken the nut holding the ball joint to the axle a couple of turns. Using a long bar between the axle and A frame, pry the 2 apart (may need an assistant for best effect) and with a big hammer hit the side of the axle casing next to the taper. If done properly the taper is split in just one hammer blow.

The 2 long bolts holdign the a frame together can be jammed depedning on the angle of the A frame, certainly on earlier designs where the A frame bushes are not in line with each other, so its best to try removing these once the ball joint has been removed from the axle.
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