lower ball joints

scrappy · Jun 30th, 2002, 04:52 PM

I put energy suspension polyurathane bushings in my lowere control arms. When taking apart the balljoint the bootl busted.I bought some at autozone. They were just a little small .040. I drve around looking for the right size no auto stores had them Im going to try nissan has anyone else had this problem?

scrappy · Jul 1st, 2002, 02:37 PM

I went to nissan they said I had to buy a whole new control arm, the ball joint is not sold seperately. This defeats my purpose of putting the polyurethane bushings in if I just get rubber ones again. Has anyone else heard of this

scrappy · Jul 6th, 2002, 07:56 PM

I found the correct size lower ball joints at Napa. Thay was almost twice as much as other stores but they fit correctly so its worth it.

AznVirus · Jul 8th, 2002, 04:07 AM

what size were they?

scrappy · Jul 12th, 2002, 11:18 PM

Where they fit into the lower control arm or the control arm hole circumfrence is 1.540

AznVirus · Jul 15th, 2002, 06:43 PM

thanks. did you use a ball joint separator or just pop it out the hard way?

scrappy · Jul 16th, 2002, 12:03 PM

I used a ball joint seperator. It was pretty easy that way. Hope this helps you out