How to replace ball joints on the classics

Ball bearings are a very important element of the suspension, so as to not be in trouble on the road, you need to regularly check their status. Check the following way: With the help of the jack, hung left wheel, a lower lever summing any stand and slowly drop the car. Lower the lever down on the stand that will remove tension in the sling. Now, holding the wheel with both hands (one hand on the top of the wheel, the other for the bottom), make some sudden movements (top of the wheel - for themselves, the bottom - on my own, and vice versa). If, in carrying out this operation, you will hear a knock or feel that the center of a wheel with the brake caliper and the disc has a backlash in the ball joints, so they need to be replaced. To replace the ball joints will require a standard set of keys, a hammer (if there is a special puller, it's just fine) and jack. Posting the front wheel with the jack. After removing the wheel from the hub, and "unloaded" suspension method described above, with a wrench "to 22", turns away the nut of the upper (or lower ball joint). And here we have two options for further action. First - sharp blows of a hammer on the ledge knuckle (a place where there is a ball) to achieve the liberation of ball bearings from the seat. The second way - by installing a special puller ("Soldier") in the gap between the fingers of the upper and lower ball joints, with two "carob" keys "to 17" and 14 "(there may be variations depending on the manufacturer)," divorce "remover. Creating the necessary tension, apply a slightly, but a sharp blow to the ledge knuckle (if necessary, since there are times when the voltage produced by a stripper, is sufficient to release the ball bearings of the seats). Next you need to release the ball joints of the arm. To do this, unscrew the key "to 13" three nuts on the bolts attaching the support to the lever. Be careful when removing the ball from the arm. Remove the plate with it and do not forget to set in place when installing the new ball joint.