Hi everyone. I have been searching on here for an answer to a problem i may or may not have, with no luck. I have a 1991 dakota 4x4 that i am trying to replace the upper right ball joint in. The manual i have, and everything i have found through searching here said to press the ball joint out, but when i did it looked like the control arm and the ball joint were threaded, and it looked like the ball joint was supposed to be unscrewed from the control arm. I am seriously hoping that isnt the case. So my question is basically this, is the ball joint supposed to be pressed out, and what looks like threads to me are just grooves that match the ball joint to help keep it in the control arm, or is it actually supposed to be unscrewed. I wont be getting the new ball joint until tommorrow, so i dont have that to compare to yet. I need to know asap, just in case i have to go to the junkyard tommorrow to get another control arm. Thank you in advance for all your help.
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Hi everyone. I have been searching on here for an answer to a problem i may or may not have, with no luck. I have a 1991 dakota 4x4 that i am trying to replace the upper right ball joint in. The manual i have, and everything i have found through searching here said to press the ball joint out, but when i did it looked like the control arm and the ball joint were threaded, and it looked like the ball joint was supposed to be unscrewed from the control arm. I am seriously hoping that isnt the case. So my question is basically this, is the ball joint supposed to be pressed out, and what looks like threads to me are just grooves that match the ball joint to help keep it in the control arm, or is it actually supposed to be unscrewed. I wont be getting the new ball joint until tommorrow, so i dont have that to compare to yet. I need to know asap, just in case i have to go to the junkyard tommorrow to get another control arm. Thank you in advance for all your help.
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Im not looking for how to get it out of the knuckle, but how to get it out of the control arm.
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I have a 92. On ours you have to thread it out. I rented a special adaptor from advance auto parts to get it out. It actually is not that hard of a job to do. I did both uppers on mine during my suspension redo. Just make sure you take your time doing it. The threads are kinda wimpy and if you strip them out you'll most likely have to weld it in place. I'll try to find the diagrams and post them up for you.
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they have a sort of thread on them.....
they do unscrew and screw the new ones back in. only on the upper BJ
I would try it in your control arm to see if the new one would tighten in before I went to the yard to get another control arm.
they do unscrew and screw the new ones back in. only on the upper BJ
I would try it in your control arm to see if the new one would tighten in before I went to the yard to get another control arm.
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I would except when i took the old ball joint out i pressed it out, instead of unscrewing it, and the threads in the old control arm are half gone. Thank you guys for the help, i guess i should stick to what i know best.
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