Jack it up and secure the car nice and solid, then turn the all the way to the right so you can see the suspension etc clearly, then grab the wheel and yank it arround. If something is stuffed that bad you should be able to see the movement pretty clearly, and where it is coming from.
Friday, January 03, 2003, 10:34:12 AM, you wrote: PS> Yeah thanks Bob, I have seen those in Supercheap... I might go have a look PS> for the parts today. PS> My theory is if I can change a uni joint with a big hammer and a block of PS> wood (and a lot of blood and sweat) I can change a ball joint :) PS> One more thing, the passenger side "clunks" and the old tyre scrubbed one PS> side down to the metal which lead me to assume the ball joint was cactus, PS> how do I check whether they actually are? PS> Paul PS> ----- Original Message ----- PS> From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PS> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PS> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:50 PM PS> Subject: Re: Tyre pressures >> Hello Paul, >> >> If you can do jobs like change brake pads etc, then I recon you can do >> ball joints, I did the job for the first time recently and its not a >> biggie. My only word of advice would be to buy a ball joint/tie rod >> seperator tool before you tackle it - it was a real fight for me >> without one and they are pretty cheap. >> -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
