MOT failure

Post by **semicolin** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:31 pm

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?

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:48 pm

For your ball joint do you want to replace the ball joint or the whole upper arm?

Post by **semicolin** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:55 pm

The auto parts place only had the the ball joint unfortunately, due to time constraints that's what I've got

Post by **Merlin** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:04 pm

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.

Post by **semicolin** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:17 pm

Excellent, sounds straight forward.

Thanks for that mate, I'll get it done tomorrow

Post by **semicolin** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:59 pm

They gave me the lower ball joint rather than the upper

Looks like the car will be sorned until I get back from Australia