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This video shows you how to install new, quality TRQ ball joints on your 2007-2013 Chevy Silverado 1500. Car and truck suspensions combine a number of moving parts for safe and stable handling. The ball joint is the crucial moving component that ties those parts together. The ball-in-socket joint can wear out and loosen over time. Or, the rubber protective boot can tear, allowing contaminants to seize the joint. Bad ball joints are a common failure point on vehicle inspections because they lead to unsafe driving conditions. Fortunately, they are relatively easy to replace with the right know-how.
This repair was done on a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ 5.3L Extended Cab Pickup 4-Door 4WD Automatic and the process should be similar on the following vehicles:
2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Tools you will need:
• Flat Blade Screwdriver https://trq.video/oaZ8-1AXAA00013
• Pry Bar https://trq.video/oH6-1AXAA00020
• 18mm Wrench
• 24mm Wrench
• 18mm Socket
• 21mm Socket
• 22mm Socket https://trq.video/okT-1AXAA00266
• 24mm Socket
• 36mm Socket https://trq.video/obp-1AAST00006
• Ball Joint Press
• Brake Caliper Hanger https://trq.video/oc-1AXAA00439
• Pickle Fork
• Trim Tool Set https://trq.video/oUo-1AXXX00006
• Needle nose pliers https://trq.video/oxx-1AXAA00051
• Needle nose pliers https://trq.video/oxx-1AXAA00052
• Snap Ring Pliers
• T30 Bit
• T30 Driver
• T30 Socket
• Torque Wrench https://trq.video/oakE-1AXAA00044
• Bungee Cord
• Complete Hex Socket Set
• Chisel https://trq.video/ojM-1AXAA00055
• Floor Jack https://trq.video/oPF-1AXAA00068
• Hammer
• Jack Stands https://trq.video/oK6-1AXAA00065
• Magnet – Extendable
• Pole Jack
• Wire Brush https://trq.video/opM-1AXAA00079
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Thank you for putting the wheel cover on right
Thanks for such a great video. Now I know I don't want to attempt this and will pay my mechanic 😀
All the southerners in the comments never seen a typical rust belt located truck after a decade on the road, that shits normal in new England!
What do you do when the lower ball joint you replaced is spinning and can't get the nut off ? 2007 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT . Thanks
Love watching these vids where it all juuust cooomes apart…(ha). couldn’t get mine out…. maxed out my air impact with the press tool, borrowed a new dewalt, made sure it had a fresh battery still nothing, put cheater pipe on my 1/2” ratchet till I was afraid of breaking it, (ya I know, where’s my break over) let it soak with penetrating oil for a day, heated the area to about 250* afraid to go hotter, beat the cr*p out of it, finally chiseled inward divots all the way around and used a spacer that pushed on the outer ring (that I had just put divots in) instead of the center and it moved then.. oh and then when I went to install the new one I realized that for mine (2500) you have to have pieces that are in the companion set that you get from HF
Where can I buy the press tool?
That is major job, I will not try that!
“Just gonna give this a little tap here…” swings with the might of Zeus
Broken 2 pickle forks on my bottom ball joint and it is still stuck on there
The ball joint I'm removing doesn't want to come out. I have no clue how you lined the ball joint tool up over top of the ball joint so it's a flat surface to push the ball joint out. Top ball joint is in the way.
Excellent job
Thanks for your help a lot
Anyone with common sense will replace the whole control arm. By the time you do all of the pressing and labor it's not worth replacing just the ball joint. With a new control arm you get the new bushings to frame too! It's a no brainer.
I’m impressed.
It's nice having a 2wd, because i don't have to loosen the upper control arm alignment bolts or have to wrestle with the axle shaft or remove the tie rod end. It makes a shorter job and less alignment issues. But I always get my alignment done at Pep Boys, and thry have a Lifetime Alignment deal, so no matter how many times i work on my front end suspension parts, i just take it there and they make it ride nice and straight.
I’m sure glad i don’t live up North, i wrench for a living in Ar. , never seen a vehicle this rusted
Very good , how too video.
The lower ball joint can be driven out carefully with a hammer once you use the chisel to fold over those divots…
Nice video man, the help a lot.
Sand blaster comes to mind
This can be useful for earlier model as my 2001 has the exact same oem lower ball joint.
Do you have a part number for the wheel bearing dust cap at t=13:30?
Northern truck lots of corrosion
So is that lower ball joint pre- greased?