Lower ball joint drivers-side 2000 4wd

[zhanx]

Ok i changed the passenger one no problem. but "bad" one of the two the drivers side refused to come out. i am getting ready to pull the whole d@mn lower arm off and put it in a press... before i do questions :

1. should i take a torch to it.. its thin metal down there and i dont want to make it brittle

2. yes i tried a "rental" tool that didn't work at all its stuck really really good like

or should i just say screw it and pull the lower a-arm and dont it like that..

fyi i am mechnicly inclined but this is kicking the butt, passgener side = easy drivers side = high blood pressure and a need to throw tools

i am leave to head to lousianna (in the army) real soon so i need to get this done so the wife can drive it

and yes i messed up the ball joint enough where the snap ring will not go back in

 

[IZwack]

did you use the right tool to remove the joint? basically a ball joint press looks like a giant C-clamp. If you did, did you use the proper "cups" (or metal cylinders really) to support the A-arm underneath?

some people have also gotten lucky and used a BFH to drive the joint out

 

[Ranger Al]

You'll need to remove the snap ring that hold the ball joint down. Once you removed the snap ring, it should just drop.

Thanks for serving our country, Z.

 

[IZwack]

You'll need to remove the snap ring that hold the ball joint down. Once you removed the snap ring, it should just drop.

I think he's already removed that:

i messed up the ball joint enough where the snap ring will not go back in

 

[zhanx]

ok it looks like its going to the shop. i got time to pack and thats about it. sucks.. i was gonna remove the lower a-arm use heat on it along with the tool but oh well and a BFH wasn't enough this time. cant win them all.

 

[gavin]

ok it looks like its going to the shop. i got time to pack and thats about it. sucks.. i was gonna remove the lower a-arm use heat on it along with the tool but oh well and a BFH wasn't enough this time. cant win them all.

I had a helluva time with mine... I sprayed some Deep Creep on it, let it soak while I did the other side, then beat it somemore with a BFH and finally got mine loose. And yeah, that balljoint press can be a PITA... the one I have (I assume they're all the same?) isn't deep enough, and it was a pain to get it onto the bj.. plus the half-shaft being in the way didn't help (couldn't seem to remove it from the knuckle)

 

[zhanx]

ok i got it changed.. the shop couldn't get it.. tools used :


torch
ball joint press
6 foot breaker bar and 6 foot pipe on it..


time : 2.5 hours..
effort : sweating like a pig

i had to heat it use a press and still had to use a bfg hammer on it.. and it took work. but i got it.. truck drives like a dream with one tire with no weights or sand in it (forgotto put sand in the spare and i rotated it on today)

 

[IZwack]

thats a helluva lot of torque to get a joint out, i think i used a 2 ft breaker bar hooked up to the joint press - nothing more. so u mean that u had about a 10 ft. arm on that press? the 2000 XLS' musta came with welded in joints

 

[ExplorerDMB]

F.O.R.D : Fix Or Repair Daily

You have this on a FORD website and you own a Ford? Care to enlighten me?

-Drew

 

[IZwack]

Care to enlighten me?

well since u ask, sure! well basically it goes like this ok, gather around children, its story time.. ok so here goes.. so i wake up like at 5:45 in the morning right, go to school or work (depending on which day it is).. and when i get home, its time to get back under the explorer, or in the explorer, or somewhere relativvvvvvvvely close to the explorer.. probably within like 3 feet of the explorer, sometimes even 4ft.. in order to fix something.. thats just how it goes.

oh and do pardon us zhanx for hijacking ur thread... i owe u at LEAST one tall glass of lemonade

 

[Big WillieIII]

my baby(my ranger) needs me and i dont know how to help her

I have a 93 Ford Ranger Splash i have to put a starter in but i don't know correct steps to wiring the starter there are two wires and a plug one wire is round at the end and one has square and i am having trouble locating the ignition switch so that i can swap it out with a new one i bought the book but it isn't helping can someone help and if possible a graph or chart or video if possible thank you