Replacing the lower ball joint on a Chrysler Sebring is not the easiest thing to do. The best option for replacing it is to seek out a chrysler dealership or go to a professional mechanic that knows the specific car model and have done this type of work before.
During hip replacement surgery the doctor saws the thigh bone to access the ball part of the joint which is then removed and replaced with a man made ball joint.
replace lower ball joint on ford ranger 2001
How do you really know if I really need ball joint replacement on front end? What is the price? 1997 Ford Explorer Front End Ball Joing Replacement? Mechanic is stating $1019. Ouch - Help. Well maintained car.
The 2001 Honda Accord lower ball joint torque specification is 90 pounds. The lower ball joint should be torqued in 45 pound intervals.
I just did this job on a 2005 Sebring. Not sure if the 2001 is the same or not, but if it is, you need to remove the control arm and have a shop remove the old ones and press in the news ones. Those things are pressed in there EXTREMELY tight. I tried to use a ball joint press on it while it was still in the car and it bent/ruined my ball joint press. Unfortunatley, removing the control arm is not easy either. The back part of the conrol are you have to drop the brace that connect the 2 subframes together, which there are brake lines attached etc... That job is a royal pain. If you can, just pay your local Chrysler dealer to fix it.
Honda knows they have a problem with the passenger side lower ball joint on 2001-2005 Honda civic. refer to Honda service bulletin 04-079 dated December 21,2004. the bulletin describes how to remove the ball joint and Honda now has a ball joint replacement. however, the service bulletin suggests checking the opening in the knuckle to make sure it will receive the new ball joint. the bulletin also suggest that Honda will repair it even if it is out of warranty as a good will gesture. if not, purchase the entire knuckle assembly with a ball joint from majestic Honda. it will cost you about 100 dollars .
okay, there is no replacement ball joint on these models you must replace the whole control arm it is not much more to buy. At Napa you can buy a control arm for 80.00 dollars. This is much easy to do than pressing a ball joint and you get new bushings as well.
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It's roughly only $20.00 more to replace the whole lower control arm that the ball joint sits in. It will save you alot of grief of pressing out old joint and pressing in the new one.
5$ wholesale
I believe you can change just the ball joint on the lower control arms , the upper ball joints come with a new control arm