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Re: Ball Joint
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> I don't remember separating the ball joints. I was a little stressed
> about drilling the rivets out. Do you know if the new ball joints will
> come with the needed replacement bolts?
Hmm.
Here's what I did. But bear in mind that my lower control arms were
tweaked.
I bought the whole kit from Potterman. 2 lower control arms, 2 ball joints
and 2 bushing kits. came with all the required nuts,botls, and washers
required to replace everything.
brian
87 16v damaged....
>
> Michael Abatzis wrote:
> >
> > if you've done the struts, you've probably already separated and put back
> > (the only hard part) the ball joints. if they're the originals, you'll need
> > to drill out the rivets and bolt the new one on. pretty straightforward.
> > you'll probably need an alignment afterward though.
> > -michael
> >
> > Hey List,
> > One of my ball joints (passenger side) has a cracked boot. I saw it
> > when I was putting in a new axle. How hard a job will it be to replace
> > and should I just go ahead and do both sides? It this point, I have
> > already done the struts and strut bearings, steering rack and mounts and
> > passenger side tie rod. There doesn't seem to be that much more to
> > replace.
> >
> > Kervin
> > 86 8V Scirocco
> > 92 GL Golf RIP
> > 00 TT600
> >
> > --
> > ÐÏࡱ
>
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