a frame ball joint replacement

[JIMBOBLY]

how are we all doin?im hearing a knockin noise from the back axle on my rangie,im gonna have a good look tommorow,but im almost certain,its the a frame ball joint,im a mechanic by trade,but ive never done one,do i need gas to heat it up to get it out,just wondering how some of you would tackle it,cheers jim.

[Tel]

its a right pig to do defently get it warm

i ended up using longer bolts to pull it into place we had to press the last one out

being a mechanic by trade im sure it wont be anything you havent come across before pig of job wise

take the whole a frame off will be much easier for you and also soak in wd40 for a while will help you aswell

the bolts that hold the a frame to the chassis are huge so are bloody tight too took 2 of us to get mine undone on a big bar and im a 17st chunk

[crazymac]

I must admit, mine was easy!!

Granted I did have my rear floor out at the time! So access was dead easy which made the job so much easier.

Nothing more to add about how to go about it though.

[BobtailBogey]

Its a pain to get it out of the axle as its been there for soo long i used a 6ft solid bar to prize it against the axle casing and hitting the hell out of it with a huge sledge...

i need to get the A-frame off again as i think the bushes are very warn...


Easy way to check if your ball joint is going jack up 1 rear wheel and leave handbrake on and firmly spin the wheel forwards and backwards and see if your axle actually pivots on the joint... it should stay solid but if warn then it will move very niticably.

[JIMBOBLY]

well thankya boys for the info,good of ya to reply,think im gonna tackle it at the weekend,cheers

[muddymud]

 8-[ i need to do mine tomorrow for the mot on Friday! i may ask if the garage could do it for me be for the mot, save me the problem. i thought it was an easy job as well.   :(

[BobtailBogey]

Yeah ask them if its in already would save you a lot of hassle :)

[muddymud]

well they have had my rrc a day and a half and they moved the ball joint about 3mm! I'm really annoyed tho i should be out offroading and they still haven't got the ball joint out.    :'(

[Range Rover Blues]

But if they can't shift it, where would you be on your own?

I've seen these take so much heat it damaged the axle bracket.

[Nick4X4]

Why the heat boys???
you should not need any heat!!!

a good 2lb knocking stick hit just in the right place and it will fly out of the axle.... please note do not hit the ball joint it self to get it out of the axle casing ;)
hit it just on the casing it self just where it goes in to the casing and the shock will remove it, the problem you will have is getting it out of the holder it self once it is removed.
i use a press to do them, you cut off the lugs iver side and then press the center out.
then i press the new one in, this is done by lining up the bolt holes and using a tube over the ball joint it self and pressing down.

i think to do it with out a press is a bit hard so maybe run it down to a workshop that has one and give them some beer tokens to do that bit for you ;)

i always now have one on the shelf ready to go just in case i have not time to do it and can just do an exchange for them....

[muddymud]

The garage have got the ball joint out and the new one in. they did what nick 4x4 said, cut the two tabs off and pressed it out. should go through the mot tomorrow. Then out offroading in somerset.  :D

[Nick4X4]

 

There not hard to do if you do it the right way

[denviks]

i got to be honest. i use Conqueror 4x4 all the time now......

nick knows his stuff thats for sure.  if you are local and need some work done i can highly recommend him  :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Nick4X4]

Thanks Den for the promo :lol:
mods or admin please delete if this next bit breaks the rules

guys if your a member of a forum that i am i will give you a discount ;)
where my workshop is we have 3 others that work on landys + other models from s1's to tdv6 and have been land rover trained
so if i dont know how to fix it there is someone here that does!!!
I have next door on one side jjl motorsport engneering...his name is Jim and has done the borc more than once and is very good
i have the other side steve ogg who know everything about s1's and 2's and theres one more that does 1's through to 3's
we together are happy to help where we can...........and have many parts ready to go from a gearbox to a door mirror


again if mods or admin need to delete i understand as this is a bit of an ad....ok alot of an ad :lol:

forgot to add

we are engineers and fix thing's not replace when we can, steve ogg can work on things from a tractor too a helicoptor
Jim has worked for brooklyns 4x4/shb4x4/ and me well i worked for a dealer and the royal family in there workshops before starting up on me own