dboyzalter

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We are going to pick up at the point where you already removed the steering knuckle. It's on YouTube and pretty self explanatory.

I used a harbor freight 12 ton press
A Amazon master ball joint adapter set
21mm impact
Misc tools to make it easier...

Pressed in mevotech ms30500

03-04 350z

Here we go.




This kit or similar
And shop press are the main things you will need.

dboyzalter

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Load in vice, remove ring from around ball joint. (You will need it later.

Also remove this awesome snap ring.



Get your stubby socket ready.


Use an impact if you got one, its a little bit more jack diesel.

dboyzalter

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Set up your press so everything fits under the mean old basher pin. And out the steering knuckle backwards.

Put the 21mm under the ball joint, and your adapter ring on top as shown... The magic is about to happen.







Before you get carried away with excitement you might wanna throw in some hearing protection, and remove all the junk you have stored on top of your press. It pops out like a pimple you've been looking forward to having your way with.

They pop out in a 2 part violent motion.

dboyzalter

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And out...

dboyzalter

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At this point you can go to town on your steering knuckle eith a wire brush so it doesn't look like they have been used for 80k miles.

And then get ready for plugging that hole.




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Make sure your bottom plates are not in the way, and set up the adapters over the new ball joint. They should be tight, and even.



Look underneath the press to make sure your not pushing your new ball joint into your plates. They don't like to go in ehen the plates are in the way..

If they get a little crooked get creative with other junk you have laying around.

dboyzalter

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Now go put your snap ring on the bottom, toss your ring on top, and throw it back on the car.

I ended up reusing the original nut because the supplied crown nut sucked the big one.



Picture of original nut under sucky crown nut that looks like it could use a washer or something if you actually wanted to use it.




And thats all for now... Follow this at your own risk. Don't come crying to me if you load your press up crooked and the socket flies out and shoots you in the ********.

Sorry it was spread over multiple posts, more then once ive written a long post just to have the picture upload mess up on me and kick me back to square one.

zakmartin

Was the supplied nut a castle nut or did it just come with a Nyloc? I'm finding a lot of aftermarket parts are going with Nyloc nuts now (not good.)

dboyzalter

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It was the castle nut, but it doesn't have the built in washer like the oem one did. Probably would have worked fine if I added a washer.

I was pretty impressed how floppy the ball joint was after 80k miles. I'm sure it would have lasted longer, but the boot was ripped and I didn't have anything else to do.

zakmartin

Best reason in the world for EVERYTHING.