ball joints

[992door]

How much of a pain are they to replace. Tahoe has 225k on original ball joints. How hard is it to get the original rivets out

 

[Goodinblack]

Need a air hammer to cut through the rivets

 

[jerryjoe28]

Just did all of my wearable parts upfront. The uppers where not bad at all! A air hammer or grinder will make quick work of getting rid of knocking off the rivet heads. Now the lowers on the other hand are pressed in and a pain in the .... I rented a press but it wasn't big enough to press them so I had to drive the a-arm down on them.. wow

 

[rmodel65]

new arms are about the same price as just upper ball joints... wish i had known when i did my silverado....the lowers press in and you gotta get the cv out of the way to get them done. I did mine on a lift would have been a pain on the ground. i just use a press and an air impact on the lowers made quick work of them by tapping the arm slightly around while putting pressure on with the impact