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lower ball joint removal
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:23 pm
by to_easy
how hard is it to pull out the lower ball joint out on the passenger side of a Mitsubishi Pajero , does the cv shaft have to come out in order to get the lower ball joint out.
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:15 pm
by M1S3RY
The drive shaft doesn't have to come out. According to the repair manual, once you've undone everything attached to the ball joint you "should" be able to wiggle it out.
I couldn't get mine out and ended up removing the lower control arm.
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:03 pm
by to_easy
M1S3RY wrote: I couldn't get mine out and ended up removing the lower control arm.
thats what i was looking at, theres not much room there. :?i was just wondering can it be done with out taking the control arm off .
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:21 am
by J Top
Remove the cv circlip and tie rod end to allow more travel of the hub assembly. Sometimes you need to remove the steering stop
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:20 am
by pjb
I had one hell of a job splitting the lower ball joint from the knucle (was pulling the driveaxle to change CV boots). I used a ball-joint splitter and a big hammer and quite a lot of
but it wouldn't budge.
Next step was to get some heat on to the knucle but just unbolted the ball joint from the lower arm instead.
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:34 am
by NJV6
I have always got mine off with a Feckin Big Hammer. And a set of earmuffs as it's loud!
Hit the side where the ball joint goes into and the jolt from the FBH loosens it. I put a bit of leverage on it with a pry or jemmi bar as well, usually comes within 5 or 6 blows.