Replacing ball joints - need to remove hub carrier?

[James19181]

Evening all

Looking to replace my lower arm balljoints and having a flick through the Haynes manual suggest I need to remove the hub carriers.... Seems a bit excessive (it wanted me to remove the alternator when I did the thermostat too) and a PITA

Is it possible to do with the hub carriers in place, just whipping the wheels off? Or is space just too restictive?

Cheers

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[Satys]

U need a thin spanner from memory.

[rwbaldwin]

The driveshaft is immediately above the balljoint, so you can't get a standard separator in.

Put a 2p coin between the driveshaft and the balljoint. Then undo the balljoint nut until it is pressing on the 2p. Sometimes it will just come out and sometimes an additional sharp downward blow on the balljoint will do it.

If that doesn't work, try a fork type separator.

If all that fails, then undo the hub nut and push the shaft back out of the hub and use a standard separator. A new hub nut will be required.

You will have already undone the three LCA to balljoint bolts. New bolts must be used.

You will also need new balljoint nuts if they don't come with the balljoints.

[James19181]

The driveshaft is immediately above the balljoint, so you can't get a standard separator in.

Put a 2p coin between the driveshaft and the balljoint. Then undo the balljoint nut until it is pressing on the 2p. Sometimes it will just come out and sometimes an additional sharp downward blow on the balljoint will do it.

If that doesn't work, try a fork type separator.

If all that fails, then undo the hub nut and push the shaft back out of the hub and use a standard separator. A new hub nut will be required.

You will have already undone the three LCA to balljoint bolts. New bolts must be used.

You will also need new balljoint nuts if they don't come with the balljoints.

 

Cheers, will give that a bash