ram360
Founding Member
I couldn't find MOOG when I replaced mine so I just went w/ TRW from Advanced. Lifetime warranty so I figured why not.
retro50 said:If you have the control arms off the car. Place the control arm over the jaws of a vice and put the ball joint in the control arm. Then take a 1/4" thick flat bar and place it on top of the ball joint and drive it in with a hammer. A few wacks with a hammer and it will go right in. Also you might want to lubricate the outer edge of the ball joint with some engine oil. this helps it go in easier. I've done quite a few like this.I also get them out by driving them out with a hammer. It works everytime.
bgjohnson said:put somthing between them like a piece of wood, the reason you don't want to hit them directly is because of the hardness of both metals, my teacher at college told a story of a sliver of metal going through this guys eye and almost into his brain, so use eye protection if your going to attemp metal on metal, but I recomend some sort of spacer between the two