DIY Ball Joint Replacement Corolla 93 - 97

[RinconRolla98]

This is a easy DIY of removing your ball joint .



Make sure your car is secure on jack stands . You don't have to remove the brake caliper to change this part . All you have to do is turn the wheel either left or right to expose the area .



First thing you do is remove the bottom nut of the sway bar link .



Then you remove the 2 nuts and 1 bolt for the bottom of the ball joint . That is connected to the control arm and then you remove the castle nut holding the ball joint to the spindle .



Once you remove those nuts & bolts then you pull down the control arm .



Then you pull the whole spindle over then take out the ball joint .





The top photo is of the old ball joint and the bottom one is of the new one .



When you put the new ball joint back on it's best you put the spindle on first . Do not put the studs until after you line up the holes.



Then you insert the studs and tighten them down until the flat part of the stud lays flat . Do not be scared that your gonna bust the stud it's suppose to slide . Once it lies flat then you are good .
This is what it looks like when you are done .



When you are done then you tighten up your lug nuts and lower the car and then you are good to go .

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[94PrizmDD]

What effect, will bad ball joints do to your car ?

[Nusdogg]

Originally Posted by 94PrizmDD

What effect, will bad ball joints do to your car ?

It will cause this:



Happened to my '95 Prizm LSi two months ago leaving work. Lol. Messed up my axle too!

[GROHE]

Once you pull out the bolts for the ball joints, what stops the strut/shock from wanting to push done even more? Or is the strut/shock bottomed out was the front is on jack stands?

[pdq]

Originally Posted by GROHE

Once you pull out the bolts for the ball joints, what stops the strut/shock from wanting to push done even more? Or is the strut/shock bottomed out was the front is on jack stands?

The springs are what have tension, not the strut, as that just dampens the force when the springs oscillate. The strut has only a weak expansion force, as you can see in SUV's when opening the rear gate window up/down. The strut assembly is mounted to the steering knuckle, holding it in up when you raise the car off the ground.

The only thing that happens when unbolting ball joints is the control arm falling down, since they are connected together.