Lower Ball Joints

[HondaManDan]

has anyone ever changed their lower ball joints???
the rubber on mine is all gone, no more grease, and i can feel the metal insides... not good.. my car is clunking like mad driving down the road. Anyone ever changed them by hand? Hard? not? help!

[doug]

I think you have to remove the knuckle and then press the old joint out and the new joint in. But I read a post on another board and someone said they did it once with the knuckle still on the car and used a hammer and a deep well socket of the right size.

[ACCORD EX]

a pain in the ass to get them out ! if i were you i would get the knuckle out and take it to a shop to press the old one out and put the new one in ! and check for play in the joint before reomving it ! if it's fine try to get a new boot and put grease in it and clamp it with a wire !

MIKE

[Sean]

take the axel out remove the knockle. take off the snapring from the bottm and beat the living hell out of it with a hammer. itll pop right out.

[HondaManDan]

what about a ball joint puller?

[ACCORD EX]

there is no thickness to pull from !

SEAN > nice procedure ! but how do you intend to get the new one in ! ( BY beating the hell of it before use )

MIKE