How to install Lower Ball Joints
#41
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You're not heating it hot enough to do any damage. The heat coming off your brakes makes that cone hotter than the (propane, not acetylene) torch.
It's got nothing to do with automotive training, it's basic metallurgy which I happen to know a bit about as a welder.
Your "factory team training" must not have covered much chemistry or metallurgy. Sounds like they just gave you basic "rule of thumb" advice.
It's got nothing to do with automotive training, it's basic metallurgy which I happen to know a bit about as a welder.
Your "factory team training" must not have covered much chemistry or metallurgy. Sounds like they just gave you basic "rule of thumb" advice.
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Got my CZP ball joint on. Pulled the whole steering knuckle off and took it to a machine shop to get the old ball joint pressed out and these new ones pressed in. So far so good. Lets see how long these last.
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Don't install it like that. You haven't transferred the cone yet.
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you forget... I worked at the dealership. I've seen all kinds of messed up stuff.
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Hi CJs_Z33- what are your thoughts on the CZP ball-joints so far? Decent product?
I need to replace mine before the season starts. I noticed Z1 has a pair too
Last edited by camposrod; 02-23-2016 at 12:40 PM.
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Hi CJs_Z33- what are your thoughts on the CZP ball-joints so far? Decent product?
I need to replace mine before the season starts. I noticed Z1 has a pair too
I need to replace mine before the season starts. I noticed Z1 has a pair too
So far so good. Boot still in place.
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ball joint press pipe bushing solution
I read this thread a few days ago before doing my left lower ball joint today. I, like everybody else found that the the size of the pipe bushings included with the O'reilly rental ball joint press tool were either too small or too large to allow the ball joint to be pressed up into it. So being the master of improv that I am I searched the garage and tried a number of old hub bearing races, misc pipe, etc. and finally found the solution.
I used a 2" electrical conduit pipe coupler with the O' BJ press "C" clamp. It's perfectly sized ID and OD except I just had to use a small grinder wheel on the drill and take of the top of the threads. The old and new ball joints fit perfect. $4 and no trip to Harbor freight for their cheap press master bushing set (they didn't have one in stock anyway) or being ripped a new one by a machine shop to do it.
I spent way more time trying to solve the dilemma than it did to actually do the job.
In the end it's all good, and cheap. Oh BTW the only place local I could find that had a ball joint (came with cone) was Auto Zone (duralast brand) for ~$50
I used a 2" electrical conduit pipe coupler with the O' BJ press "C" clamp. It's perfectly sized ID and OD except I just had to use a small grinder wheel on the drill and take of the top of the threads. The old and new ball joints fit perfect. $4 and no trip to Harbor freight for their cheap press master bushing set (they didn't have one in stock anyway) or being ripped a new one by a machine shop to do it.
I spent way more time trying to solve the dilemma than it did to actually do the job.
In the end it's all good, and cheap. Oh BTW the only place local I could find that had a ball joint (came with cone) was Auto Zone (duralast brand) for ~$50
Last edited by mr.badratchet; 03-04-2016 at 05:04 PM.
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#55
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every machine shop will have their own price. I think i paid 80 to have these ball joints pressed into the knuckle and whiteline bushings pressed into the lower control arm.
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I can but it looks just like stock. I was able to slip in a cotter pin at the end and it comes with a castle nut so it holds the cotter pin good.
#59
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Not sure what they used, but its a machine shop. they have all sorts of adapters and if they dont have one, they fabricate one. Some places are scared to touch aluminum, but this guy did a great job pressing everything in.