Date:         Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:44:27 -0400
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 1985 Vanagon - lower ball joint
Comments: To: AAG - Larry Word <word_aag@COMCAST.NET>
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The way I know of:
Take off the steering knuckle and take it to an automotive machine
shop.  In fact, the machine shops I visited couldn't even do it (they
didn't have the right adapter), so I ended up taking it to the dealer.
They did the lowers in both knuckles for $60, which seemed like a pretty
solid deal to me.

Some people have done this with tools lent from autozone/etc.  I tried
this route, but the kit I got from them didn't have the kind of adapter
needed (a "cutout" adapter).

Good luck,
Wes



AAG - Larry Word wrote:
> How is this ball joint replaced
>     -pressed in ONLY by hydraulic press/shop
>     -manually....
>
> I've replaced all other parts to my suspension, including upper A-frame bushing, myself w/o equipment so can I do this also?
>
> Pls. advise and THANKS....
>
> Larry
> Ga.
>
>