Ball joint removal (2001 Taurus)

From what i have found:
Removal & Installation

Ford Sable, Taurus 2000-05
The lower ball joint is an integral part of the steering knuckle. If the lower ball joint is found to be defective, the entire steering knuckle must be replaced.

Jeff,
That link didn't work.

Brian,
AutoZOne has a tool loaner program where you leave a deposit and get it back upon return of the tool. They'll likely have any specialty tools you might need for that job in their list of loaners.

Poppy said:

Jeff,
That link didn't work.

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Ummmm Poppy, it's not a link (not underlined)..... remember my underlining problem.......

What Jeff was saying was "If the lower ball joint is found to be defective, the entire steering knuckle must be replaced".

OIC it was a cut and paste. I thought it was supposed to link to a breakout diagram or something.

thanks

For the ball joint you just have to replace the LCA.. Very simple..
The part number may be different, but from my understanding the Tauru's suspension remained virtually unchanged from 86 to its demise in 04.

http://www.shophoenixproject.com/balljoint/balljoint.htm

The older taurus models had the one piece LCA so the ball joint is in the steering knuckle, not the LCA and I sure as hell am not going to replace those...lol. And I found an Autozone that carries the adapter kit to press the old ball joints out. Looks pretty straight forward, thanks for the info guys, probably going to replace the struts while I'm in there as well :yikes:.


Regards,
Brian

..The older taurus' for sure had the ball joint in the LCA. ha

MTX_SHO said:

..The older taurus' for sure had the ball joint in the LCA. ha

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Yep, just changed both LCA's on my 5sp SHO car, because the ball jouints were bad.

Poppy said:

Jeff,
That link didn't work.

Brian,
AutoZOne has a tool loaner program where you leave a deposit and get it back upon return of the tool. They'll likely have any specialty tools you might need for that job in their list of loaners.

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The loaner tools worked perfect for the job. I did find it easier to install the ball joints after putting them in the freezer for about 20 minutes. They barely took any force to press them in whatsoever :thumbsup:

Regards,

Brian

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