Thread: Help on rear ball joint

Hi, IMO the difference is that your's is fitted originally with the "simple' ball joint like this http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.ph..._rover_classic and the new you've got is adjustable: this one http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/aframe-b...10-p-5190.html ... no worries it will fit, and it will be adjustable too

Thanks for that sierra, was worried I'd bought the wrong one somehow. Now I get to look forward to changing it out...

Originally Posted by Brett1066

Now I get to look forward to changing it out...

I hope you have an angle grinder, big hammer and press.

Yeah have an angle grinder and a big hammer at home, and have access to a 100ton press at work, so should be right...I hope.
Got the day off work on Monday so think I shall attempt it then. Have done a bit of reading up on it so have an idea of what I'm in for.

One of the worst jobs to do on a landy, unbolt the piece with the bj from the A arms and dont remove the whole unit unless you are doing the bushes as well.

The first time I replaced the BJ it was indeed a nightmare.

The new system is:

1. Undo the nut holding the BJ to the diff housing.

2. Remove the bracket holding the BJ from the upper trailing arms by removing the two bolts. Remove the two bolts holding the BJ into the bracket.

3. Carefully cut the top (or bottom, can't remember which) off the BJ with an angle grinder. (adjustable ones just need the cap unscrewed). Remove the ball part.

4. Using a long (Bosch) metal blade in a jigsaw carefully cut through the side of the BJ shell from inside to out. The blade will grab at the end due to the tension.

5. Tap the shell out of the bracket.

6. Lubricate the new BJ and bracket hole, line up BJ in position and start the two bolts either side. Pressure from a normal bench vice is usually enough to seat the BJ as you do up the bolts IME.

7. Reverse 2 & 1 above and you're done.

cheers, DL

I recently did mine and followed this: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b48C6kU_cjM"]instructions here[/ame]. It was a job, as I did the bushes as well. I found the video to be spot on advise. The only cutting I did, was the bolts that go through the bushes.
These instructions are also good as they provide the part numbers for the replacement bolts, nut etc.
Don.

Hi Brett, looking at the pic of the ball joint is that the one you got with the adjustable?.
I fitted one to my old D1 and found I spent heaps of time adjusting the damn thing as it would go slack. I ended up throwing the useless thing away and fitting a normal non adjustable one and had many happy KMs
Regards,
Mario