Ball Joint disassembly - 1st one was easy, 2nd one....#$%@#
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Ball Joint disassembly - 1st one was easy, 2nd one....#$%@#
Ben (87944turbo) gave me a set of late control arms for my late offset swap and Im replacing the ball joints with rennbays track kit. 1st ball joint came apart easy just as the directions say - looks fine, should be simple to redo.
Second one was more of a pain - got the circlip out, took off the cover and then there was another seal and smaller looking cover....and it wont budge. (No spring in this one)
The other one fell out once the backing/spring was out. I have smacked the crap out of it with an impact hammer, put it in a vice with a socket on the end of the pin, etc...
Is this joint not rebuildable? Did someone use some strange rebuild kit in the past?
Here are some pics, thanks.
Second one was more of a pain - got the circlip out, took off the cover and then there was another seal and smaller looking cover....and it wont budge. (No spring in this one)
The other one fell out once the backing/spring was out. I have smacked the crap out of it with an impact hammer, put it in a vice with a socket on the end of the pin, etc...
Is this joint not rebuildable? Did someone use some strange rebuild kit in the past?
Here are some pics, thanks.
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Thanks Bret - Ill let you know. Ben has another arm for me to try first.
John- Im out of tools to remove it, If I had a better vice Id prob keep trying. I tossed it out.
John- Im out of tools to remove it, If I had a better vice Id prob keep trying. I tossed it out.
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Cool, I usually destroy anything that can't be re-used by someone else, which I am finding is most of what I replace on my cars...
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Yah, I just went through this with my car. We had to press the old ball joint out and the hole had been hogged out and an aftermarket ball joint installed. I got it out, but the replacement joints slopped around in the hole.
Got another control arm that had the original ball joint and everything worked fine.
944T owners should be aware that the rebuilders mostly trash the control arm to install the wrong but cheaper ball joint.
Got another control arm that had the original ball joint and everything worked fine.
944T owners should be aware that the rebuilders mostly trash the control arm to install the wrong but cheaper ball joint.
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Yah, I just went through this with my car. We had to press the old ball joint out and the hole had been hogged out and an aftermarket ball joint installed. I got it out, but the replacement joints slopped around in the hole.
Got another control arm that had the original ball joint and everything worked fine.
944T owners should be aware that the rebuilders mostly trash the control arm to install the wrong but cheaper ball joint.
Got another control arm that had the original ball joint and everything worked fine.
944T owners should be aware that the rebuilders mostly trash the control arm to install the wrong but cheaper ball joint.
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It took my mechanic about 3 hours to take mine off, rebuild them with the Rennbay kit and put them on again...charged me only $150, gave him $20 tip...car is tight!! Love that Kit Rennbay!
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