ATV Florida Forum

Ok, my lower ball joint is bad, and i got a new one.. I just need to know how they go in pretty much.. Are they pressed?
Can i do it myself, or should a shop do it?
Its on a 99 f150 4x4
Any help would really be appreciated..

It shouldn't be pressed in but you will have to by a ball joint puller or just wack the knuckle with a hammer and it should pop it loose. You can rent a ball joint puller from AutoZone. It's like $60 but you return it and get the $$$ money back.

how about getting the new one in? Do i use the puller again??

Thanks!

Wronge   it is pressed in    it is pressed in   it is pressed in

u have torsion bar or i beam or coil springs?     use a pickle fork to break the ball joint off the nuckle  then u use ball joint press to press old one out and new one in    if u never done it and or not a mechnic pay some to do it b/c its alot of work unlesss u are familer  and u need an alignment afterwords i do side work  in pompno area let me no i do it for u cheap

torsion

im in ft myers... thanks for the offer tho..

yep they pressed in easy as  1 2 3 if u no what yr doing

i dont have a ball joint press, could i use something else?

no sire ball joint press is what u need cheap ones are around 150 bucks half the time it just breaks before gets ball joint out i paid 750 for mine but its snap one and works like a charm

cant get better than snap-on.

what do you think a local 4x4 shop would charge to install this? (ballpark figure)

check out www.fordtruckworld.com

you should find all the info you need on this subject.

Id@

ive tried that site, i got most of the info from here and ftw..

ive gotten alot of info from them actually

$500   its bout 2 hours labor  and parts no more than $1000 i work in a shop

I just did this.

It has to be pressed in.  Suggest upgrading to a greasable ball joint. Ford factory are sealed.
If you going to replace the bushings on the lower arms, then you get to run into a whole nother problem.

i believe the new one i got is greasable.. umm i didnt plan on bushings but you never know.. something is squeaking really bad like a wheel bearing now so urgh..

wheeel bearings dont squek the make rouring noise

idk how to describe it, but im really thinking wheel bearing, ive had my share of them go out on our hondas.

what else could it be? It has to be something in the drive line, b/c the slower you go the slower the noise, the faster  the louder "faster" the noise.. oh and only driving in a straight line..  and sounds like its coming from the left front wheel

and i sprayed some pb blaster around the hub nut to get it to stop making noise so bad so i can get to work and it did stop making noise for a lil while

i got the perfect fix for yr truck   get a rag  stick it in the gas filler neck and light the rag all yr problems will be fixxed lol  rember u drive a ford   fix or repair daily    dont feel bad i got an 07 150   and it still makes noise the dealr cant find where they come from

I had a noise that was happening on my '03 F150 that started soon after I got it new.  I took it to the dealer a couple times and they couldn't find it, they were even nice enough to keep it for a day or two once and gave me a rental for free.  Over and over again they said they could not get it to repeat.

I finally got one of the mechanics to ride with me on a short highway trip(mostly happened on the highway), and I couldn't get it to repeat.

Oh well, I figured I would live with the noise that sounded like something was loose underneath the truck and was banging against the bottom every now and then.

When one day it hit me that the noise only happened when I had the tonno cover rolled up against the back window........so I looked back there and there was a small strap meant to keep the cover in place that had a plastic latch at the end of it that would sway back and forth and smack the front of the truck bed.

Id@

well at least you found your problem ida lol!
I rented a ball joint press today, goin to have a look at it here in a lil bit

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