Front Lower Ball Joint replacement

[Andrew]

Thanks to the help of the lovely people in this club and on this forum i have completed the wheel bearing swap.

The next phase of my journey of my C4 passing her MOT is replacing the front lower ball joints (and replacing some worn joint covers) Quick recommendation for Keith at Eurovettes who got all the bits for me.

Please can someone tell me what specific tool I need to both remove the old lower wishbone ball joints and pop in the new ones. (on a low budget!)

How do i know if the tool will have a correct sleeve for the C4 lower ball joints?

How cheap can i go without the tool being rubbish? i look on amazon and there are cheap ones-but the reviews say "bent after one use" etc

 

[Steven Smith]

Do you mean the ones in the wishbone ?
If so it is a press fit.
You either need a bearing press or pay someone to press the old one out and press the new in.

 

[teamzr1]

I always used a cheap pickle fork and a hammer, Amazon $10



New one will seat when torquing down ball joints nut
Or get a C clamp tall enough to make the fit
Or they make cheap tool kits that are for remove and install ball joints

 

[Andrew]

Thank you Team ZR-1 and Steven. Thats a great idea- that the new bearing will pop in when tightened up. And cheap fork tool to get old one out.