New lower wishbones the easy cheap way to change lower ....
The link below is to a thread I started when I needed new lower ball joints.
I had my dealer instead install complete lower A arms on both sides. As far as I was concerned it was faster, easier, perhaps cheaper, plus I got the new updated ball joints plus alot of new fresh bushings and the like. There is also a story that says the A arms are only good for two sets of ball joints and then the holes are stretched, hence new A arms are needed anyway.
This is a link to a thread on disco3 from awhile back when the new ball joint design was just being introduced.
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic23906.html2005 LR3 HSE 4.4L AJ-V8 petrol; Traxide Dual Battery; PIAA 2500K Yellow Ion H11 Fog Light bulbs; CounterAct LT-2 Capacitive Corrosion control; LLumar AIR80 Blue clear Infra Red blocking side window film; Liftgate manual release; Schrader Valve "air in" mod to OEM air suspension reservoir tank; Akebono ceramic pads; OEM solid vented discs; LR4 design hitch receiver; Wiggs D4 MOST bluetooth module; Clock on the Dash; 3 Flash signal light mod; Backup Camera; 2015/16 Nav Data update.
11th Dec 2011 3:12 am
Stay Frosty
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Merseyside
Posts: 82
Ball joint seized in both ends!
16th Jan 2012 1:31 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Merseyside
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Bingo stingo. Nice mallet!
Me mate came round and had it off in under a minute! He did bring a splitter with him the size of Jaws erm.... jaw!
Once the hub was off he popped the whole thing out easy using a few tricks of the trade, that I now have!!!
That's one side done anyway!!!
16th Jan 2012 7:06 pm
HughMartin
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 751
Couple of points on torques if re-fitting a front hub;
1. 4 x Hub bolts - 115nm
2. Hub centre nut - 230nm
Got this info from a Stratstone LR workshop.
Thanks to all the previous posts which helped me carry out a succesful pair of front hub replacements.
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15th Mar 2012 9:54 am
randall977
Member Since: 27 May 2013
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 68
Had a go at this yesterday but got well and truely stuck trying to split the lower ball joint. I gave up and phoned my local specialist who offered to put 2x genuine wishbones on and track all four wheels for £709...which is okay for what it is but too much for me to spend right now.
The joints are very bad and so I'm looking at buying a HGV joint splitter - anyone bought one for less than £100 which has worked well in this area?
22nd Jun 2013 7:54 pm
randall977
Member Since: 27 May 2013
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 68
Started on my front wishbones last night and the HGV hydraulic ball joint separator worked very well (I used the one shown below - any smaller and I don't think it would fit - you need 70mm jaws) - I reckon it needed the 12 tons of pressure - went with a bang on both sides! Now stuck on the rear bolts on both sides, I'll be buying a reciprocal saw and a few blades today...
I'm not used to working with modern cars which are rusty, my 1980's Audi had no rust anywhere. My 1962 Lagonda on the other hand has rust everywhere, but that's to be expected.
26th Jun 2013 8:43 am
BigAl
Member Since: 12 Mar 2012
Location: Bristol
Posts: 144
Thanks Mikey Great post, however no amount of hammering on ball joint would make it move. In the end resorted to old faithful SP 3 ton puller and that pushed it out. Otherside tomorrow I think now.
3rd Jul 2013 1:50 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6394
is it easy to swap ball join rubber sleeves?
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16th Aug 2013 5:47 pm
H16UUP
Member Since: 01 Dec 2012
Location: Stockport
Posts: 271
Done my N/S front ball joint today. 2 hrs from start to finish all in. Thanks Disco Mikey, for a great write-up on how to do this job
20th Aug 2013 5:51 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Member Since: 01 Dec 2012
Location: Stockport
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I didn't use a ball joint splitter. I just hit the steering knuckle a couple of times with a lump hammer & the ball joint popped out. The new ball joint just pushed into place by hand, but you could use an old socket or similar if necessary.
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