Date:         Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:18:24 -0400
Reply-To:     pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Top Ball Joint replacement
Comments: To: John Goubeaux <john@ucsb.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <4E0903E1.7000606@ucsb.edu>
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Best case scenario is that after all the unbolting/disassembly, you take a
pickle-fork and a big hammer and whack real hard a few times and it pops out
of the spindle assembly.


Worst case scenario is that it doesn't budge no matter what you do, so you
have to remove the spindle and take it to a machine shop to have the old
joint pressed out.  (In which case you'll be repacking your wheel bearings
on the reassembly, and you should have them press out the lower joint as
well so you can replace it so long as the spindle is out.)


Normal is closer to the best case scenario.  I think the worst case scenario
is pretty uncommon.



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:27 PM, John Goubeaux <john@ucsb.edu> wrote:

> Is the replacement of the top ball joints as easy as indicated by some
> of the info posted ?  eg a simple un-bolt procedure ?
>
> Anyone recently done this that might comment on the process ?
>
> OH yeh, this would be for a 90 Vanagon
>
>
> -john
>