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MOT failure
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:31 pm
by semicolin
Car failed it's MOT
Handbrake and upper ball joint.
Anything I should look forward to whilst doing the upper ball joint? Any helpful tips?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:48 pm
by Merlin
For your ball joint do you want to replace the ball joint or the whole upper arm?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:55 pm
by semicolin
The auto parts place only had the the ball joint unfortunately, due to time constraints that's what I've got
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:04 pm
by Merlin
It is not a problem to do only the ball joints. Either use a ball joint splitter or slacken the castle nut and whack it upwards with a hammer to split the ball joint. Remove the circlip from underneath the balljoint, turn the arm upside down and whack out the balljoint with a hammer. To put the new balljoint in, remove the balljoint rubber boot, place a large socket under the arm and hammer in the new balljoint, fit the boot back on and place the new circlip. Fit the arm and jobs a good 'un
Make sure that the new balljoint fits well and does not rattle up and down. I have experienced this with new aftermarket balljoints before.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:17 pm
by semicolin
Excellent, sounds straight forward.
Thanks for that mate, I'll get it done tomorrow
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:59 pm
by semicolin
They gave me the lower ball joint rather than the upper
Looks like the car will be sorned until I get back from Australia