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gsa2at Slammed & Awesome Dubber

97 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#715012
about to do this job - new ball joints tie rod ends disc rotas and dropped spindles; also new front shocks
any tips on how to get the ball joints out and the new ones in would be much appreciated!!
jack the beetle rides again !!!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#715023
gsa2at wrote:about to do this job - new ball joints tie rod ends disc rotas and dropped spindles; also new front shocks
any tips on how to get the ball joints out and the new ones in would be much appreciated!!
It took a 50 ton press to push out My old ball joints
a 20 tonne press wouldn't move them....
so You won';t be able to knock them out Yourself..

Make sure Your ball joint and tie rod end rubber boots have grease around the top of them..
carefully open the top and push some grease in there..
Lithium based moly grease recommended...

What happened with ALL My new boots...
the top of the boot wasn't lubricated and when the ball joint/tie rod twisted... the boots ripped open....
I have since replaced all the boots...
All My parts were made in Switzerland...
so not taiwan etc..
This may not happen with some brands of ball joints etc...
but its not fun to have to pull everything apart not long after assembling them...

Lee

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug
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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#715027
yeah big press needed: try a trucking joint

Check the old before you press them out - make sure you line up the indents in the new balljoints correctly with the arms
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kombivw Wolfsburg Wizard

463 posts · joined Mar 2009 ·

#715037
Fun Fun Fun I have only removed a strut and the special tool I used was a FB Hammer in the words of Joel. I kept the struts bolted at the top and with my F B Hammer I belted the shxt out of them in as many different positions on the joint as possible. It worked. Putting new strut back on was a breeze just a bit of fine emery and grease and simple.


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trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#715052
Wasn't it "BF" Hammer? 😂

gsa2at Slammed & Awesome Dubber

97 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#715153
68AutoBug wrote:
gsa2at wrote:about to do this job - new ball joints tie rod ends disc rotas and dropped spindles; also new front shocks
any tips on how to get the ball joints out and the new ones in would be much appreciated!!
It took a 50 ton press to push out My old ball joints
a 20 tonne press wouldn't move them....
so You won';t be able to knock them out Yourself..

Make sure Your ball joint and tie rod end rubber boots have grease around the top of them..
carefully open the top and push some grease in there..
Lithium based moly grease recommended...

What happened with ALL My new boots...
the top of the boot wasn't lubricated and when the ball joint/tie rod twisted... the boots ripped open....
I have since replaced all the boots...
All My parts were made in Switzerland...
so not taiwan etc..
This may not happen with some brands of ball joints etc...
but its not fun to have to pull everything apart not long after assembling them...

Lee

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug
thanks lee
i removed the arms and took them round the corner to a mechanic friend - who kindly allowed me to use his 20 tonne press - after an hour had the old ones out and new ones in
will add some grease as suggested
another day !! buggered after fitting the new front shocks ; bearings to new rotas
jack the beetle rides again !!!

RISKYBUG Seriously Crusin Dubber

187 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#715170
i have just done this
i socked mine with with pen oil for two weeks
as my mech only has a 30 ton press
he told me they would be easy but after he said they where hard
but as vwcool get them in the right way thats why my old ones where stuffed
they have to move with every thing