hey!!! any one got tips or hints on changing lower ball joints on a ke15 ......any help would be very decent of you !

Car up.

Wheel off.

LCA out.

balljoint circlip off.

press old balljoint out.

press new one in.

put back together.

Car up.

Wheel off.

LCA out.

balljoint circlip off.

press old balljoint out.

press new one in.

put back together.

 

cheers ! any special tool needed to press in ?or a g clamp ect do ? o and what kind of grease for the joints?

Edited March 4, 201214 yr by drewsith

Now this may not be the 'proper' way to do it. But it worked for me. Belt the old one out with a hammer. A copper mallet etc.

 

To get the new one in without a press, I removed the control arm and very carefully used a vice to press the ball joint in. It may tend to skew sideways as it goes in, but you can then 'flip' it over in the vice and counter the sideways movement. No problems.

cheers ! any special tool needed to press in ?or a g clamp ect do ? o and what kind of grease for the joints?

 

 

You'll need somehting to hold hte LCa in the correct position while pressing. A really big socket, or an old bearing race should do it.

THe balljoints should come with grease in a little packet. or already in the balljoint. Or its just Moly grease.

thanks guys , i havent done any suspension stuff before . ill take pics as i go so others can see .