Bottom ball joints

[AntonyJ]

Ok, so they are Lada "based", but remembering 'Grovers, that broke and let him down , are there any brands that I should avoid?

[Pasco]

AntonyJ said:

Ok, so they are Lada "based", but remembering 'Grovers, that broke and let him down , are there any brands that I should avoid?

Changed mine Ant as a result of Grovers unfortunate incident but can not remember the make other than Trackcar sorted them for me

Give him a call

Edited by Pasco on Sunday 11th November 21:47

[v8sag]

TVRcarparts have some oe,I wouldn't go down the lada route,
1,the holes out of alignment.
2, they don't seat snugly in the wishbone mount

[Sam Gamgee]

Mine could do with replacing-is it a diy job?

Dave....sorry to kinda hijack thread, btw!!

[ray_von]

Quinny said:

Sam Gamgee said:

Mine could do with replacing-is it a diy job?

It is if you have a ball joint splitter

and the M8 bolts don't shear off and are rusted solid, then the little nob apprentice get's his hands on it at work while you're not there and s the wishbone

[Pupp]

Quinny said:

ray_von said:

Quinny said:

Sam Gamgee said:

Mine could do with replacing-is it a diy job?

It is if you have a ball joint splitter

and the M8 bolts don't shear off and are rusted solid, then the little nob apprentice get's his hands on it at work while you're not there and s the wishbone

That's what happens when you give the job to someone else to do

Have to say this is the only job I have ever done on any vehicle where I had to specifically go and buy a bigger hammer

[spend]

Pupp said:

Quinny said:

ray_von said:

Quinny said:

Sam Gamgee said:

Mine could do with replacing-is it a diy job?

It is if you have a ball joint splitter

and the M8 bolts don't shear off and are rusted solid, then the little nob apprentice get's his hands on it at work while you're not there and s the wishbone

That's what happens when you give the job to someone else to do

Have to say this is the only job I have ever done on any vehicle where I had to specifically go and buy a bigger hammer

Mmmmmm... Bigger Hammer

Seriously tho, I don't have a fork type BJ splitter, only a clamp type & I managed to do all of mine ~ can't really remember how tho (might have used the club hammer delicately). I do prefer winding to bashing given the choice

Dave

[AntonyJ]

hope I dont hit the wing Quinny, its about 6miles away!!!

[crackedfinger]

Every bolt on mine sheared when taking off, I used a pincher to pop out the sheared bolts from the wishbone.- but I have to say replacing the bottom is a doddle compared to replacing the tops!

[AntonyJ]

My bottom balljoint retainer pins came out very easily, all nicely greased thank you!

[Sam Gamgee]

Flippin `eck! Starting to sound very un-diy to me.....funny thing, used to own an Alfa GTV (1982 ish) and used to do almost all jobs that needede doing on that, was about 12 yrs back tho and dont seem to have as much time now.
Sorry folks, starting to sound like a Bob Seger song (Against The Wind).




Dave.

[Pupp]

crackedfinger said:

Every bolt on mine sheared when taking off, I used a pincher to pop out the sheared bolts from the wishbone.- but I have to say replacing the bottom is a doddle compared to replacing the tops!

Tops can be done without a splitter... just a sharp 'tap' on the side of the housing and out they fall

[red griff roger]

Sam Gamgee said:

Flippin `eck! Starting to sound very un-diy to me.....

Should be straightforward. Can be a fiddle if the bolts are rusted in (one out of six of mine was solid, so a bit lucky). If necessary, it is not that hard to drop the whole wishbone out to get at any rusted bits in a vice. Hardest bit is finding the right part to put back - compare the repalcement ones with the old ones very, very carefully, and I suggest you source from a TVR supplier.

Go for it - roger

[Sam Gamgee]

red griff roger said:

Sam Gamgee said:

Flippin `eck! Starting to sound very un-diy to me.....

Should be straightforward. Can be a fiddle if the bolts are rusted in (one out of six of mine was solid, so a bit lucky). If necessary, it is not that hard to drop the whole wishbone out to get at any rusted bits in a vice. Hardest bit is finding the right part to put back - compare the repalcement ones with the old ones very, very carefully, and I suggest you source from a TVR supplier.

Go for it - roger

Cheers! Think I will....I would guess theres nothing to do to geometry afterwards?

Dave.

Edited by Sam Gamgee on Tuesday 13th November 18:21

[Sam Gamgee]

Quinny said:

Sam Gamgee said:

red griff roger said:

Sam Gamgee said:

Flippin `eck! Starting to sound very un-diy to me.....

Should be straightforward. Can be a fiddle if the bolts are rusted in (one out of six of mine was solid, so a bit lucky). If necessary, it is not that hard to drop the whole wishbone out to get at any rusted bits in a vice. Hardest bit is finding the right part to put back - compare the repalcement ones with the old ones very, very carefully, and I suggest you source from a TVR supplier.

Go for it - roger

Cheers! Think I will....I would guess theres nothing to do to geometry afterwards?

Dave.

That'd be a wrong guess then
I'd suggest tracking will probably need re-setting

Doh!!! Cheers Quinny....

[red griff roger]

The lower ball joints should sit snugly in a big hole in the lower wishbone, and I am not sure there would be any play in this to put out tracking (happy to be proved wrong). So long as you haven't messed with the track rod ends (no need to) not sure tracking would be out. But checking tracking doesn't cost much (compared to a new set of tyres), so I would look to check tracking every so often anyway.

[red griff roger]

Yeah, thinking about this, Quinny is right. You only need a smidge of difference at the ball joint to throw out the track. I would check it.