This is on a 2wd '85 bus.
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:24 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this for the Syncro? > > On my 2wd, it wasn't a totally hard job. There's a link to a great > write up in the archives. Paul Guzyk did this? > > I had done limited front end work before this and managed to get 'er > done. I took the steering knuckles to a mechanic and had him press the > lower ball joints out, new ones in. If you don't already have related > tools, get 2 different size Pittman arms (archives should specify > sizes. I can't recall right now) The smaller will push the tie rod > outer ends out, the larger will do the upper ball joints. > > Caveat: At a campout, I witnessed Jim Arnott and Jason (gosh what's > his last name? Sheesh I should know this!) pounding the you-know-what > out of his steering knuckle to get it off the UBJ. Seems these parts > can get goot and stuck. > > Neil. > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:56 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I need to have a front right lower ball joint replaced. Is this a pretty > > simple job? Or should I have the mechanic take care of it? > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > |
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