Thursday, September 15, 2011

A question about ball joints?

i have a 1988 olds delta 88 3.8 and i got control arms and ball joints on the back and how hard is it to change them?
A question about ball joints?
MOST CONTROL ARMS EITHER FRONT OR REAR COME WITH BALL JOINTS AND BUSHING ALREADY INSTALLED. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REMOVER THE OLD ARMS AND INSTALL THE NEW ONES.
A question about ball joints?
Does it have rear wheel steering?

That makes no sense.
If you can get the arms off then you can use a machine shop to have the old and new ones pressed on/off
Using any generic ball joint puller should do the trick. No fancy tools.
take the cotter pin out of the crown nut go to any auto parts store and either buy or ask them if they rent a ball joint fork for a small deposit.

hammer the fork in between the ball joint and the hub to free it. pry down on the control arm to get the old ball joint arm out. do the opposite to install new one.
The rear wheels do not steer, therefore you do not have rear ball joints. You have control arms, and control arm bushings. Not difficult to change.



Why do you ask, and who told you that you have rear ball joints?

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