Re: Ball Joint Stud/Castle Nut "Froze"
 

"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:607e2b1e61e46@uwe:

> Yes there is, I did it on my 98 civic. You have to be really careful
> when pressing the BJ in, as the control arm is made of fairly thin
> steel.
>
> I bought the BJ from NAPA. Nobody else offered it.
>
> t
>
> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>
>>According to the Haynes manual,the upper BJ is not replaceable,and the
>>entire control arm is supposed to be replaced;is there any method of
>>replacing the BJ in the original control arm?
>>
>

THANKS !!

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Ball Joint Stud/Castle Nut "Froze"
 

"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:607e2b1e61e46@uwe:

> Yes there is, I did it on my 98 civic. You have to be really careful
> when pressing the BJ in, as the control arm is made of fairly thin
> steel.
>
> I bought the BJ from NAPA. Nobody else offered it.
>
> t
>
> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>According to the Haynes manual,the upper BJ is not replaceable,and the
>>entire control arm is supposed to be replaced;is there any method of
>>replacing the BJ in the original control arm?
>>
>

I forgot to ask;did you press it in yourself? How did you do it?
Removal of the old one?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Ball Joint Stud/Castle Nut "Froze"
 

"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:607e2b1e61e46@uwe:

> Yes there is, I did it on my 98 civic. You have to be really careful
> when pressing the BJ in, as the control arm is made of fairly thin
> steel.
>
> I bought the BJ from NAPA. Nobody else offered it.
>
> t
>
> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>According to the Haynes manual,the upper BJ is not replaceable,and the
>>entire control arm is supposed to be replaced;is there any method of
>>replacing the BJ in the original control arm?
>>
>

I forgot to ask;did you press it in yourself? How did you do it?
Removal of the old one?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Ball Joint Stud/Castle Nut "Froze"
 

"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:607e2b1e61e46@uwe:

> Yes there is, I did it on my 98 civic. You have to be really careful
> when pressing the BJ in, as the control arm is made of fairly thin
> steel.
>
> I bought the BJ from NAPA. Nobody else offered it.
>
> t
>
> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>According to the Haynes manual,the upper BJ is not replaceable,and the
>>entire control arm is supposed to be replaced;is there any method of
>>replacing the BJ in the original control arm?
>>
>

I forgot to ask;did you press it in yourself? How did you do it?
Removal of the old one?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net