upper link ball joint

[eugene]

upper link balljoint disco 200 are these hard to replace as mine is shot got mot on wednesday so needs doing
also got that poly bushs kit out so might as well fit it had it 6mths  :)

[Range Rover Blues]

One hard thing is getting the balljoint out of the axle.

Also getting the big bolts out of the A frame rubber bushes isn't fun.  On a 200 you should be able to rtemove the A frame to chassis brackets by unbolting them from the crossmember, on 300 series they are welded on.

[eugene]

looks like i better leave it till the week end then so ive got plenty of time at least it will stop the arse end wobbling when going round corners i hope

[Range Rover Blues]

In that case get some oil on the bolts now so it can have chance to soak in :)

[eugene]

just been and gave them a good coating of wd40 give them another after mot ready for the wkend thanks

[crazymac]

Replace your boot floor, and while its out replace the balljoint!!

I know its extreme, but thats what I did!!

[peasey]

WD40 is pretty good at un siezing things but i found that penatrating oil was better.someone told me that the WD part of WD40 means water dispersant,anyway i have just done my a frame bushes well i have rebushed the entire car and i struggled,it took me 2 days but mate it is so worth doing ,she goes round corners like its on rails and its really transformed the handling both off and on road.I find the best way to remove the old bushes was to drill through the outer sleeve and then belt 7 shades of s*** out of them with the biggest hammer you have.

[POTASH]

WD40 is pretty good at un siezing things but i found that penatrating oil was better.someone told me that the WD part of WD40 means water dispersant,anyway i have just done my a frame bushes well i have rebushed the entire car and i struggled,it took me 2 days but mate it is so worth doing ,she goes round corners like its on rails and its really transformed the handling both off and on road.I find the best way to remove the old bushes was to drill through the outer sleeve and then belt 7 shades of s*** out of them with the biggest hammer you have.

i use that last sentence on quite a few jobs :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

someone told me that the WD part of WD40 means water dispersant

Rocket WD40, as it was known when I was younger.  It was in fact the 40th attempt the manufacturers had had at making a water dispersing lubricant for NASA, hence the name.

[eugene]

all ready done boot floor last year but i would make it so much easier :D

[clbarclay]

If its just the ball joint thats gone then rather than removing the bolts through the bushes at the chassis end, you can just split the A frame and remove the middle casting which contains the ball joint.

I've never had too much trouble getting the ball joint of the axle. A long bar and large lump hammer has always seen to that for me. Getting the ball joint out of the A frame is more awkward and having a press to hand makes life easier. With the ball joint removed from the axle and the A frame split you can take the ball joint still in its casting out from under the vehicle to work on it. At this stage you could take it to a garage for them to press out the old ball joint and press a new one in (assuming you don't have a press yourself).

[Range Rover Blues]

(assuming you don't have a press yourself).

Other than the 'intermittant gravity press' you mean :-k

[clbarclay]

Or a trouser press for that matter.