Lower Ball Joint Replacement

[avante]

Ok, I've got to replace the nearside lower ball joint on my 1995 GS300 Is this a hard job? What other bits do i need to take off to replace the ball joint? And is it a DIY on the drive type job??

[avante]

and the answer is YES, its an easy job, the only problem I had was undoing the nut on the track control arm ball joint, I had to grind it off in the end, but other than that a very easy job indeed!!

[Simon12]

Ok, I've got to replace the nearside lower ball joint on my 1995 GS300 Is this a hard job? What other bits do i need to take off to replace the ball joint? And is it a DIY on the drive type job??

It is a DIY job but you will most likely need either a long breaker bar or an pneumatic impact gun to remove the nut and whatever you do, make sure you get a good quality ball-joint splitter. When I did the job I broke three splitters that I'd bought down at my local car parts place!

Good luck!

[oscs]

My passenger side Lower Ball Joint seperated on me lastnight while driving luckily I wasn't going fast. where is the cheapest place to find the lower ball joints and the upper control arms for my 96 GS 300? I found a few but it doesn't really describe what all is included like if it has the bushings or not anyways anykind of advice would be greatly appreciated at this point thanks.

[TigerFish]

Yikes, glad you are ok after that happening.

eBay is a good place for the lower ball joints. You can get them for £50 for the pair both sides. Top arms, no idea, eBay do them about £70, the top arms include the top ball joint and the two bushes on the inner end. There is a turorial in my signature to changing the top arm.

[ROYT]

As above check eBay, also you should gets bags of info if you log on to the USA OWNERS CLUB

[wow300]

I have a near side top wishbone and bottom ball joint from mine if your interested, in very good condition as not all that old. you can pm me or call 07768974343