balljoints

[tunepipe911]

hi
about to dismantel balljoints, because some off the rubbers are no good anymore,
lower is out (see picture)
upper is still in,what is the way to get it out?
are they Ford Scorpio,Cortina MKII?
did not find a way to get them out ,not even in the manual,

thanks
Rudy



ot

sorry forgot
car is 350i 1986

Edited by tunepipe911 on Thursday 7th February 20:09

[pk500]

you can buy the rubber on there own ! the rivot`s need drilling out to change the joint

[superwedge]

just buy a new one ,they are cheap as chips,mk 4 cortina

[Yatesy350i]

I got mine from this guy on eBay can't do a link at the minute just type item number unto search bar

121015838544

Make sure you are carefull drilling the rivets out, so you don't enlarge the wholes. I used a centre punch and the just drilled the heads off so as not to enlarge the holes. Came off dead easy.

[pk500]

I changed all the joint when i done mine! on both cars

[bluezeeland]

rudy,

there is another thread on this subject, last august, called "ball joints n stuff"

[mrzigazaga]

Here you go....

Thread.. Ball joints & stuff:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=c...

Ball joints:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=c...

[tunepipe911]

new ones arrive tomorrow,hope they fit,
thanks for all the tips,