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I need to change upper ball joint on pass side 2001 seabring 2.7 4door

  • mickey8271 Jul 11, 2009

    ok its more then lose my tire is not hooked not sure what to take apart does the strut have to come off the rubber booty is tore not sure where to start?

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I assuming it's the suspension ball joint, if it's spinning on it's axis, because it's so loose. then get a balljoint splitter, like a tuning fork, and wedge between the BALL JOINT and the plate, remove the bolt tapping the splitter to keep the tension on the joint. A good coating of lubricating oil, leaving fir about 1/2 hour will help release the nut. Regards, Dave

  • Anonymous Jul 16, 2009

    for gods sake, do not split the rubber on the constant velosity joint. The strut is the bottom of the suspension, so don't attack that either. The Top ball joint, if you look at it from the front of the car, look at the steering rack, thats on the bottom, follow the section upwards, and the to ball joint is right at the top of the brake disk (behind it) You should have no problem removing the joint as I said, but jack the car, take the wheel off and make sure is it supported by an axle stand, or a 3 ton rollwr jack, but I would preffer if you used an axle stand, I don't trust Jacks. If you get any problems, mail me direct on [email protected], and I will help you as much as I can. If we can't sor it tha way I may give you my tel No. Best Regards Dave

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