[s-cars] Ball joint

[James Murray (QB/EMC)]

Take a look at it... you should see one bolt for the ball joint that is already connected to the control arm, one bolt connected to the sway bar that passes through the control arm linked with a bushing one both sides, and one bolt that holds the upper part of the control arm (passes through another bushing). That makes 3 bolts for one control arm. Sorry I don't have a procedure, but it looks fairly self evident, althought I was told the sway bar is a pain, but I figure once you remove the ball joint portion it should swing out of place.

You don't have to do both, but I figure if one side needed it the other is probably not far off and I would rather do components like that in pairs, but that's just me....

Good luck.

Cheers, /James.

-----Original Message-----
From: JR [mailto:urs4 at magnaspeed.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:57 PM
To: James Murray (QB/EMC)
Cc: S-CAR LIST
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Ball joint


Is it realls as easy as 3 bolts on each side?  Anyone have a precedure 
for this?  Do I need to do both at once?

Thanks,

JR


James Murray (QB/EMC) wrote:

>I got the complete control arm at "Adirondack Auto Brokers" www.germanautoparts.com and that comes with all new bushings for $89 !!! Great service.
>
>I was in a bind, so I couldn't do it myself and got fleeced at a local garage, 3 hours to change both sides :-( I found that hard to believe as it's only 3 bolts each side, that's 1/2hr per bolt... seemed excesssive to me, maybe I'm wrong.
>
>/JM.
>
>P.S. you might also want to try: Timothy LeClair [foreignauto99 at hotmail.com], he's quoted me great prices in the past, but I don't know how much he can get for the control arm. 
>
>P.P.S. Check the dealer part cost first...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of JR
>Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:19 PM
>To: S-CAR LIST
>Subject: [s-cars] Ball joint 
>
>
>Anyone know off hand how much it would cost to replace a ball joint 
>(Parts and labor at the stealer)?  Is it something I could do myself or 
>do I need to take it to the stealer?  By that I mean do I need 
>specialized tools to do it other than the normal garage tools (sockets 
>and screwdrivers).
>
>Thanks,
>
>JR
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