<VV> front lower ball joints

[Jim Burkhard]

I did it once (uppers also -- usually they go first b/c they 
often get skipped at greasetime) on the vehicle.  It's not 
too big a deal if you have the ball joint pressout tool 
which my father's garage is equipped with. Vair vendors sell 
these (at least they used to) and I wouldn't do the job 
without it. If the balljoints have never been replaced, you 
will have to drill/grind out the rivets holding them on the 
A-arms. Once that's done, you use the pressout tool and work 
them out. The whole thing is a little bit of a pain, but 
just monkey work really.

If you are too cheap to buy the pressout tool, maybe you 
could hammer them out, but I'd plan on taking the A-arms out 
and using an arbor press.

Jim Burkhard

robert guerin wrote:
> Looking for some input on replacing the lower ball joint on a LM.How hard is it to do with the arm on the car, is heat needed?