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Encountered an interesting challenge on my '98 AWD when separating the ball joint on the lower control arm from the knuckle. I just couldn't push the arm far enough from the knuckle and the last couple threads on the ball joint wouldn't come out of the hole in the knuckle. Seems that the reason...

See pics. Can't seem to get this ball joint unhooked from the control arm any tips? 97 XLT 4.0 SOHC

A few months back I replaced my complete front suspension with Moog problem solvers. When I looked at it today I noticed the left side looks different than the right side. Right side is bloomed up and left side is deflated. I went to put a pump of grease in it and it automatically gushes out the...

With 120,000 miles, my 2010 lower ball joint started creaking. Ordered a new Motorcraft one from Rock Auto, $40 and made in Canada. Moog and the rest are now Chinese garbage. The job took two hours in the driveway. There are enough videos on YouTube to make the job a snap. Have the right...

Just took my 2007 Mountaineer AWD V8 to a new to me independent place (as I recently moved) that has very good reviews for an oil change. Told me I needed new lower ball joints. It just turned 100k miles last week. No symptoms of any noises/clunking or bad tire wear. Is it reasonable that...

Ok I just took a trip was unaware of bad lower ball joint on drivers side went roughly 1500 miles then come home and steering got lose alot of wandering on my way to work(which is 40 miles away) monday then tues I started noticing real bad clunking in my driveway over rocks or potholes or rough...

My local Firestone store wants upwards of $1200 to do this job. (plus alignment!) I have 190k miles on this vehicle, and although I love it, I'm afraid of getting this done and then barfing a trans or tossing a rod or something. The wife and I are in our early 80's, and although I have an 08...

I have refurbished 2 front steering knuckles for my 2002 XLT 4.6L 4WD and plan to put them on as soon as it's above 20 degrees for an afternoon. I have already loosened the axle nuts and the upper and lower ball joint nuts, so I don't anticipate any issues. I will also replace the CV boots while...

With the truck jacked up and supported under the frame (weight off the control arm), I can get a pry bar between the control arm and spindle, there is some vertical movement between the two on the driver's side. No movement on the passenger side. I assume this means the ball joint is bad? The...

Hey guys, I have a 1993 Ford Explorer 4x4, I am replacing the ball joints, and need somone to help me figure out which ones fit, on the upper ball joints, the drivers is the imbedded pinch bolt, while the right side has the external head on the pinch bolt, not sure if this is normal, or if they...

Just what the title says. im gonna be doing a whole brake and front suspension job soon, so im just wondering which would be the better idea? my ex has almost 200k and im almost positive the lower control arm is original, including the bushings. planning on going mevotech everything with...

Can anyone illuminate why some manufactures use the same part no. for 3rd gen and 4th gen Explorer front lower ball joints, and some use separate part nos.? Per RockAuto, for example, Mevotech and AC Delco use the same part for these two models, whereas Ford, Moog, and others use different part...

Have has my 2002 sport trac for about a month and was wondering do the stock oem lower ball joints come greaseable or sealed? Reason I ask is both my lowers I can grease. I’m guessing they have been replaced? Nothing wrong with them just wondering. I have 96,000 miles on it. Thanks.

So I put 4 new tires on the 2000 Mountaineer last week and I asked that the alignment I got several months ago be rechecked as I was not happy with the way the old tires were wearing on the insides. I was told by the alignment tech that the lower ball joints were bad. I had changed the upper...

While I have the front end apart to do wheel bearings I planned to change the lower ball joints (upper were done last spring). I plan to use Moog greasable units, but I’m not sure if I should just go with the +.006” oversize ones or not. I don’t want to wait until I press out the old ones...

I received my parts in a timely fashion and Monday afternoon was able to start on the lower ball joint replacement. Now I am daily driving this truck so I have to be able to do repairs on it and still drive home at the end of the day. The plus side to this is every time I replace one part and...

Guys, attempting to swap out this lower ball joint and having some issues. First, I didn't remove the axle nut as I was trying to pop this SOB out without removing the spindle. I'm still working on the replacement, but in case I needed to back out of this, I tried to put the spindle back into...

Last weekend I decided to deal with my loose, clunky steering. I haven't done any front end fixes in about 100k miles, and with the plowing on top of it did not help the matters. Bought Moog lower ball joints, outer tie rods, and the stabilizer links. Total was about $ 140 and about 4 hrs of...

Took it in to les schwab for an alignment and they said I needed new ball joints first and quoted me 600. After finding parts online for ball joints all the way around and to buy the tools I didnt already have ill be in around 200 bucks. And especially after researching how to do it myself by...

Back in Jan/Feb of this year we went round and round with our dealer over a clunk in the front end of our 13 Explorer. They had the car for 2 weeks and ended up replacing the rack and pinion, lower control arms, both CV axles, and the steering linkage. Turns out it was the lower ball joints that...

Sooo..... I'm guessing, after struggling for a couple of hours, that you can NOT drop the yolk off the lower ball joint bolt without disconnecting the drive shaft? Correct? I am changing out the LCAs (both sides) and I was gonna try it without removing anything off the yolk. Also, under...

I will be replacing the upper control arms and lower ball joints on my 05 Explorer. Should I go Motorcraft OEM or is there another brand in the same price range that is better?

Hello, Both front lower ball joints have excessive play in my Ford Explorer XLT 2005 RK620490 Control Arm and RK 620491 Control Arm This was identified back in Feb 2016 by repair shop. I drive about a 1,000 Km a month. It is costing $800 to replace the ball joints. The questions I have is...

I replaced both wheel bearing/hub assy. on our 95 today, and noticed that both the left and right lower ball joints had some vertical play. Left side more than the right. Could not get it by hand. Had to put a screwdriver between the knuckle and lower arm to really see it. Front end has some...

Taking on upper and lower ball joints job for a family member. Seems like not to bad of a job from my research. Do have some questions though. What size is the axle nut? I got an electric impact I wanna use to spin them off and I never seem to have the right size socket for axle nuts, figure I...

Hey All, I'm getting a pretty bad steering wheel shake that comes and goes above 65 mph. One of my inner tie rods had play so I replaced inner and outer on both sides. This didn't fix the shaking. There's no play in either wheel when jacked up. All ball joints seem okay...

I had recently purchased a pair from Rockauto that were the new integral boot design. Being unaware of the design change I thought they were missing the dust boots so I sent them back stating that they were missing boots. Rockauto sent another pair (last pic above). I messaged them with the...

Recently i replaced the upper ball joints on my 05 mounty and now am realizing that my lower ball joints are bad also and need to be replaced. I've seen the guides here for older generations on swapping both upper and lowers at the same time and they have removed the steering knuckle completely...

Hoping someone has encountered this problem. After determining my ball joints on the front driver had either gone bad or near to on a 2003 Explorer XLT, I attempted replacing. Got the loaner tool and was able to get the upper off and replaced. However, I'm stumped with trying to get the lower...

I've had a little "popping" in the passenger side front end and shop told me the ball joints will need replacing within the year, they are ok for now but will need to be replaced. They quoted me for both the front right and front left ball joints with control arms and this includes the upper...

I need to replace my lower ball joints and everywhere keeps saying that I will have to replace the entire lower control arm. Is this true? Because I just bought lower ball joints 0.o

I recently replaced my upper ball joint as the local tire shop requested so I could get everything aligned. I took it back and they noticed they missed that the lower was bad too (this is all on the driver side). So following the guide on this forum and a video on YouTube, I replaced the lower...

Looks like i need to replace my driver side lower ball joint,, it's showing sighns of wear.. was thinking of buying this one ,,, RAYBESTOS Part # 5051281 anyone ever use this brand?

The passenger lower ball joint on my 06 4x4 V6 needs to be replaced, and looks like it's held in with a snap ring on top. I did the lowers on my 01 F150 4x4 in my driveway, and want to know if I can replace just the lower ball joints or if I need to get the lower control arm? I haven't found any...

Okay I'm stuck here. Getting ready for new tie rod ends and lower ball joints. I have it all apart except I cannot get the lower ball joint stud out of the aluminum steering knuckle frame. Tried the pickle fork and a 2 jaw puller with no luck. Any ideas?

I am looking at replacing lower ball joints, among other parts on my 04 ST. I have found just the ball joints and the lower "A" arm assembly with ball joints. The maintenance manual says the ball joints can't be replaced and the assembly must be replaced. So can the ball joints be removed...

I was putting a new wheel bearing on the passenger side of my 2001 Sport Trac 4x4 and I noticed I needed a lower ball joint.. since I had everything already off, I removed the tie rod and unbolted the lower ball joint but did not get it loose. In fact it appeared even if it did it would not...

I can't seem to find the right answer to this. I know replacing the upper ball joints require new UCAs but are the lower ball joints able to replaced without new LCAs? I need to know ASAP because mine are shot beyond belief and need to know before I order two LCAs when i can just get the ball joints

I noticed that the rubber seal on the lower ball joint passenger side is torn. Could this be the source of my clunking noise? Should it be changed? 2000 ford explorer

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