Ok, this question may have been already asked, but I cant seem to find it using my iPhone, so here it is, can the upper ball joints in my 6cyl lj Torana be removed on the car without removing the arm? Am looking for a easy way, without having to remove arms and get a wheel alignment again
Upper ball joint removal
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, Nov 22 2011 08:10 AM
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 09:55 AM
Uppers are bolted in... or in the case of ones that have never been replaced before... rivetted
They can be unbolted... or the rivets ground down and punched out
So yes you can do them without removing the arm
Alittle fiddly... but yes it can be done
They can be unbolted... or the rivets ground down and punched out
So yes you can do them without removing the arm
Alittle fiddly... but yes it can be done
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 10:32 AM
It would be good practice to have it re-aligned too as it may have had it's last one done with worn ball joints?
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 02:15 PM
It was hard enough doing mine on the bench. I wouldn't like to be doing it in the car! lol
Those factory rivets are a pia!
Those factory rivets are a pia!
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 03:14 PM
A 4" grinder makes short work of the rivets, but they can still be a pain.I would still try to do it in the car first.
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Posted 23 November 2011 - 07:21 AM
Thanks boys, I'll buy mysel a 4 inch disc and hack into the rivets this weekend, and yep, I suppose a wheel alignment wouldn't hurt, since I've got new tyres all around
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 08:19 AM
Wheel alignment is cheap insurance, provided you find somebody who is willing to spend a bit of time on a Torana. One un-named Bob Jane store I have been doing casual work for over the last 12 months won't let me do shim adjustments on ANYTHING, no matter how badly it was required. Feel free to PM me over this matter.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 08:38 AM
Why not? Time factor?
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 09:10 AM
That was basically it. Apart from doing 15 or so alignments a day, I was also fitting about 30 tyres and unloading the trucks as they showed up. Plus fixing whatever the other guys frocked up.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 07:00 PM
The rivets can be cut with a nice sharp cold chisel and a FBH if you don't want to splash out on an angle grinder...
But then again, if you own a Torana, a 4" grinder is sometimes your best friend.
But then again, if you own a Torana, a 4" grinder is sometimes your best friend.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 07:18 PM
FBH?
F----- Big Hammer.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 07:25 PM
Gotcha. Just like wheel nuts are tightened to FT.
F---ing Tight.
F---ing Tight.
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Posted 24 November 2011 - 09:04 PM
The rivets can be cut with a nice sharp cold chisel and a FBH if you don't want to splash out on an angle grinder...
But then again, if you own a Torana, a 4" grinder is sometimes your best friend.
Air chisel, YEAH BABY!!!
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