Lower Ball Joint removal/install

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Apr 4, 2006 | 04:19 PM

dillehay

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Lower Ball Joint removal/install

I have an 02 3.0l Ranger 2wd the boots on both lower ball joints are torn. I have a long drive from Georgia to Arizonia coming up so I want to replace them. I have replaced many conventional ball joints but I have heard these are a bear of a job to do and a press is needed. Any advice would help, a brief summary of what kind of work is involved. I am sure I can figure it out but it always helps to learn from someone elses mistakes. Thank you

Apr 4, 2006 | 06:28 PM

Rockledge

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This thread is often cited regarding that repair:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=153495

Apr 4, 2006 | 08:16 PM

dillehay

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Thank you for the post that link is very helpful

Apr 4, 2006 | 10:06 PM

SomePunk

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yea hey

make sure you have a long piece of pipe to put on the end of the press handle as you will probably need a fair bit of leverage to pop them out.... anyway.. good luck. i did both my uppers and lowers last year.

Jun 9, 2006 | 01:01 AM

WillySnowMan

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Ball Joint Tool

I was doing my front brakes today, and I noticed a torn boot on a lower ball joint. I overweight this ranger all the time and take it on nasty roads in the pursuit of fun. I'm happy with 107k on a set of ball joints.

I'm changing all four next week. Here is the ball joint remover tool I am buying:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=38335

I'll post back if it doesn' work.

Special Thanks to GreenBoonie for the another post with the removal\assembly details.