How easy are ball joints

[ellwood]

Was just wondering how easy are ball joints to fit. Because i think mine a knocking and i dont really want to give it to a garage to do. plus i havn't had time to take the wheel off and have a look yet, due to working.

Any help would be great :thumb: cheers

[dstevenson]

Very easy, only three bolts each !!

Check though that the knocking is not your CV joint/s on their way out. Is the knocking worse when you are turning - if so I would suspect a CV joint. Ball joint would be a knock when going overa bump, etc. due to the play in the joint.

[ellwood]

ye could be the cv joint are they expensive and how hard to fit. oh and thanks for the help with the ball joints.

[matthew172]

10 min job max

[ellwood]

Cool was a bit worried then. i dont no a think about mechanics, give me body work any day :)

[Stuart]

you need a jack, a 17 or 19mm socket + breaker bar
with wheel off
usually a 13mm spanner + socket for the small bolt in the hub
then 2* 19mm bolts to get the joint off.

V easy.
If yovue not got a haynes manual then you a) need a slap and b ) need to buy one lol

[The Simps]

CV joint won't be a 10min job tho and certainly not as cheap as a ball joint!

Simps.

[craig green]

Hardly a 10 min job for a novice mechanic or when the bolts havent shifted for sometime.

A CV joint even more daunting.

[Chunky Lover]

if he is doin a CV dont u need a 30mm socket for the driveshaft nut?

[Nobby]

both easy jobs lol ( being a mechanic :D )

[matthew172]

dont matter how long the bolts havnt been touched for, a squirt of wd and a breaker bar and its a 10 min job max, and cv 30 min max

[ellwood]

thanks for the help will have a go at it next weekend

cheers

[Nobby]

dont matter how long the bolts havnt been touched for, a squirt of wd and a breaker bar and its a 10 min job max, and cv 30 min max

:thumb: plus if you are doing the job right you will use new bolts anyway so it doesnt matter if 1 or 2 snaps lol :thumb:

[Lee-1984]

or get another drive shalf better then changin cv joints

[ellwood]

whys that?

[dstevenson]

whys that?

Probably be cheaper to get second hand drive shaft complete with joints and also save the mess with grease , fiddly circlip, etc. in fitting a new joint. ?10 - ?15 should get you a complete shaft from a breakers. You need to suss which one it is first !!!

If it's worse around LH bends then RH shaft/joint.
Worse around RH bends then LH shaft/joint.

Hope I got that right but I'm sure one of the experts on here will comment soon enough lol .

[Chunky Lover]

instead of the fiddly circlips zip ties work a treat.