How do you change a balljoint on a 1993 Mitsubishi 3000 gt?

Answer 1

I am not familiar with this car in particular but ball joints are either pressed in, bolted, or riveted into the control arms. On top of the ball joint is the steering knuckle, usually the ball joint is held into the steering knuckle with a pinch bolt. Which is easily removed. After the pinch bolt is removed you must force the control arm away from the steering knuckle which sometimes requires the use of an air hammer. Depending on what type of fit the control arm has with the ball joint, you will either need a special tool to press out the old ball joint and press in the new one, if the ball join is a press fit. Or if it is riveted you will have to carefully drill out the rivets and replace the new one with bolts. If it is bolted in you simply loosen the bolts and knock out the old ball joint. Installation is reverse.