2001 mustang lower ball joint

2001 mustang
I can't seem to get the lower joint out of the control arm.
I have borrow a C type ball joint remover and have put a lot of pressure on
the threads.
I don't want to break the remover.
Is there a C clip somewhere?
I have the replacement and it appears it must be pressed down?
Anyone done one of these?
Len

"Len Rominger" > wrote:

> 2001 mustang
> I can't seem to get the lower joint out of the control arm.
> I have borrow a C type ball joint remover and have put a lot of
> pressure on the threads.
> I don't want to break the remover.
> Is there a C clip somewhere?
> I have the replacement and it appears it must be pressed down?
> Anyone done one of these?
> Len

Not in that model but I have never understood how a "C" balljoint remover
could work. They are retained by 'friction' {MUCH FRICTION} fit.

The ones I did in the past strained a 20 ton hydraulic press. Take the
control arm off and pay a full service shop or machine shop to replace
it. It's just a 5 minute job for them.


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On 2009-03-16, Backyard Mechanic > wrote:
> "Len Rominger" > wrote:
>
>> 2001 mustang
>> I can't seem to get the lower joint out of the control arm.
>> I have borrow a C type ball joint remover and have put a lot of
>> pressure on the threads.
>> I don't want to break the remover.
>> Is there a C clip somewhere?
>> I have the replacement and it appears it must be pressed down?
>> Anyone done one of these?
>> Len
>
> Not in that model but I have never understood how a "C" balljoint remover
> could work. They are retained by 'friction' {MUCH FRICTION} fit.
>
> The ones I did in the past strained a 20 ton hydraulic press. Take the
> control arm off and pay a full service shop or machine shop to replace
> it. It's just a 5 minute job for them.

I managed to replace a ball joint while leaving a control arm on the
car with the clamp-like tool from autozone... car was a winter beater. I
decided not to bother with that with my Mustang. I bought new cobra
control arm assemblies to put in when I get around to it.

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:35:16 GMT, Backyard Mechanic
> wrote:

>"Len Rominger" > wrote:
>
>> 2001 mustang
>> I can't seem to get the lower joint out of the control arm.
>> I have borrow a C type ball joint remover and have put a lot of
>> pressure on the threads.
>> I don't want to break the remover.
>> Is there a C clip somewhere?
>> I have the replacement and it appears it must be pressed down?
>> Anyone done one of these?
>> Len
>
>Not in that model but I have never understood how a "C" balljoint remover
>could work. They are retained by 'friction' {MUCH FRICTION} fit.
>

I just did the ball joints in my S-10 with the c-clamp type remover
and it worked. I used my impact wrench on it to tighten it, there is
no way I could have gotten it tight enough by hand. Nothing broke. I
pressed the new ones in with a small hydraulic press with some rube
Goldberg actions.


>The ones I did in the past strained a 20 ton hydraulic press. Take the
>control arm off and pay a full service shop or machine shop to replace
>it. It's just a 5 minute job for them.