Pain free method of removing a Honda/Acura lower ball joint using a craftsman 1/2″ drive ratchet placed between the hub and lower control arm. I know this wo…
Honda/Acura painless ball joint separation
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definately works, very handy trick
hi my lower ball joint popped out. i think it was when i jack the car and
had the front tire resting on a spare tire to assure car wouldnt fall while
i was working under it. is there a way to pop back in? or should i change
it? its been making a squeaking noise for a while on and off though
@bprower2 oh i would be more concerned with the upper ball joint….. an
easy method of getting that out?
@OnTheBall20 a 1/2″ drive craftsmen wrench is placed between the hub
assembly and the lower control arm. Then pressure is placed on the top of
the hub which causes the gap between the lower control arm and the hub to
get smaller (without a wrench there). With the wrench being there it causes
the lower control arm to pop free from the hub. It may work on more cars
other than honda/acura, it just depends on the design of the hub/lca.
@aut0tek Got it updated. Thanks for the advice. I don’t know why I didn’t
think of that.
@SHANGRALAAAA17 Yea I’ve used that before and it “mushroomed” the bolt so I
could no longer put the nut back on. I had to then replace the ball joint.
Now, that was on a different car, so they probably use material that is not
as strong.
pickle forks will split a boot, the lil tie rod seperater will mushroom a
threaded section (unless you put the nut back on alil bit to cover the
cotter pin hole) and finally, this method, after doing it a shit ton of
times will eventally wear out the balljoint, but not much worse than
driving on it…
jesus just use the 12 dollar balljoint tool from autozone..ive used it 1000
times. nooo problems lol
owner who labeled this video “ball joint removal” is retarded… hes
breaking the ball joint free from the LCA not removing the ball joint.
you just slip it on.
it works awesome, just did it
LOL make sure the bar is in there good and step directly on it, or you will
be tasting your fender, and OEM taste oh so good.
Hey that’s my foot and car! I originally posted this on Honda-tech ages
ago. The clip is short because I used my Canon G1 and it’s only limited to
30 seconds at 480 x 360(?). It was high resolution at the time. Glad it’s
helping people.
the proper way to separate the ball joint is to hit the flat spots on the
hub with a hammer.
work perfect… thank you.
this is an awesome technique……. but is there an easy way to get it back
in???? is the question.
i just tried this along with other ways to separate the ball joint, but
none have worked..help?
This technique really works. I did it to my Eg civic hatch lastnight to
remove the axles. Is was as easy as 1-2-3.
Great tip. just did this and it worked great. alot better than hammering
away at a stubborn ball joint smashing up the dust shield and working alot
harder than you need to.
Nice video but how do you get a new ball joint back on. =)
i dont really get it. step 1: hit the knuckle with a hammer step 2: get a
bigger hammer step 3: repeat steps 1 through 2.
PAINLESS! SO COOL, THANK YOU BUD!
Super easy, worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.
be careful, i cracked both ball joint boots on my 97 accord. they were
probably going to go anyways.
Sweet idea. I hate honda setups my Mazda 6 has the same 2 lower control arm
setup they are a pain in the ass. Except mine come in from the top instead
of the bottom so I don’t know if this would work. Let it all the way down
then jack the hub up mayb?
soooooo much easier than any other way.
worked FLAWLESSLY. Thanks a bunch.
so what did he do exactly..im lost here
4th
5th,6th,and 7th, 3 ppl here
Thank you for this video. I couldn’t get my CRX balljoints loose and they
were already replaced so a pickle was not the answer. This works like a
charm on the first try and took less than 2 minutes. THANKS!!!!!
Going to try this on my 2006 RSX-S. thanks!
There is a tool for this that works without risking damaging the ball joint
threads or damaging the boot. OTC part number 6297. Harbor freight even
sells an even cheaper version for 16 bucks or so.
best video ever
@aut0tek Got it updated. Thanks for the idea. Not sure why I didn’t think
of that.
funny how it shows it separating thats the easy part how the f*$& do you
actually remove the ball joint for a new one
@bprower2 how do you mushroom a bolt with a ball joint fork? I stopped
doing it the way you show in the video when I started wondering what this
could do to the threads…
Post continued… 4. Remove cotter pin and castle nut 5. Jack up LCA,
insert thick part of Ratchet(handle) into gap like in the video 6. Drop
jack 7. Force hub down, don’t kick it to death, just use some weight. it
should pop off after that. Good luck!
@taiden and by wrench i mean ratchet.. long night hahah
actually your suppossed to use a ball joint seperator
OK here’s what needs to be done before trying this. Some people were
wondering… 1. Unbolt sway bar from LCA, end link and d-bracket 2. Unbolt
bottom of strut fork connected to LCA 3. Unbolt LCA’s rear bracket
connected to chassis