Ball Joint Tool?

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Topofthehill

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• Jul 6, 2019

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Does anybody in South Wales or nearby have a ball joint removal tool that i can borrow or hire? Or any great tips about how to go about this task?
Many thanks in advance

 

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Ratae

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What vehicle?
Which ball joint?
Probably be better in the vehicle specific forum.

 

marjon

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Buy 1 they are not a lot of money, less than postage for a borrowed 1.

Or the 2 hammer trick don’t ask just buy 1, you will use it again.

J

 

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Ah ok, its a disco 2! I'll do that now, thanks for the heads up. Its the front upper and lower ball joints

 

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marjon said:

Buy 1 they are not a lot of money, less than postage for a borrowed 1.

Or the 2 hammer trick don’t ask just buy 1, you will use it again.

J

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Where can i get one? I thought they were around the £300 mark? Is my research way off the mark????

 

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Ratae

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I presume you're looking for a tool to press the old joints out of the arms & new ones in?

 

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Ratae

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I think marjon is talking about separating the ball joint pin from its hole - which uses a completely different (and cheap) tool or the two hammer trick.

 

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Topofthehill said:

Does anybody in South Wales or nearby have a ball joint removal tool that i can borrow or hire? Or any great tips about how to go about this task?
Many thanks in advance

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here is a very simple and effective method.Just follow the instructions
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-release-a-ball-joint

 

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Topofthehill said:

Ah ok, its a disco 2! I'll do that now, thanks for the heads up. Its the front upper and lower ball joints

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Does anybody in South Wales or nearby have a ball joint removal tool that i can borrow or hire? Or any great tips about how to go about this task?

cheers

Les

Ratae said:

I presume you're looking for a tool to press the old joints out of the arms & new ones in?

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Yes i need to put new ball joints in the upper and lower on both front sides

 

marjon

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Ah are you talking the swivel ball joints?

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marjon said:

Ah are you talking the swivel ball joints?

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Yeah it's an MOT fail and a pig of a job apparently.

 

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Ratae

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This: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dma_QzkrLUw

You can buy similar 'universal' tools off the bay for £40 ish but I've no idea how good they would be.
Done similar balljoints on my Sprinter but took the wishbone off & used my press. MB use a hydraulic version of the one in the clip to do them on the vehicle but their price to do one was a lot more than the cost of the press & a pair of new joints!

 

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