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10-04-2014, 09:34 PM | #1 |
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Help replacing BJ in S14 FLCA!
So I'm replacing the Balljoints in all of the control arms. I got the rear off easy but I ran into a lot of trouble replacing the fronts. I used heat (which made the rear ones come off like magic but It didn't really help in the front. The actual ball came out FML. My friend suggested I cut it but the blade on my dremel was a little too big to finish the job. Any ideas?
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10-04-2014, 10:19 PM | #4 |
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I cant tell by the picture, but did you remove the big c-clip?
if that's been removed, you are going to have to smack the shit out of it to loosen it up... or just finish cutting the race and use a screwdriver and hammer to chisel or bend the race out.
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10-05-2014, 01:55 AM | #9 |
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Use the correct tool for the job. Go rent a ball joint press kit.
Or, have a mechanics shop press the old one out and the new one in. |
10-05-2014, 02:48 AM | #10 |
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or... do it the easy way like i did and buy control arms with the ball joints. From rock auto it was like $5 extra per side getting the arm already assembled vs just a ball joint
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10-05-2014, 06:04 AM | #11 |
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Not available for s14 btw, and to answer op question put ur tools down take the arm to a mechanic shop or a automotive machining shop to press them out. Im curious to know how u will install the new one.
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10-05-2014, 07:44 AM | #12 |
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I was going to press the new ones in with a BJ press I have.
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http://www.frsport.com/Nissan-54501-...8_p_60032.html http://www.frsport.com/Nissan-54500-...8_p_60034.html cheaper option here... http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-nissan/5450065f00 http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-nissan/5450165f00
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Or $35 for a new ball joint. Gee. Wonder which one I'd pick. |
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10-06-2014, 02:59 PM | #17 |
For future reference I had a pair that were really stuck, we tried presses, hammers, everything. Finally grabbed the arm by the bushing end, and swung it downward onto the "anvil" portion of a vice. 2 or 3 swings and it popped it right out. You can get more force into it because it's not moving around on you as you're hitting it.
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