A tip on the ball joint nut and bolt. Get a ratcheting ring spanner, makes job a lot easier. and faster. Nuts on mine are 22mm, on a 21mm cone. For next time you undo, put a vinyl bolt thread cap over the exposed threads sticking out the top of the nut. Put some grease in there with the cap, keeps the threads protected from corrosion. The problem I always had was having to spray, then loosen then tighten back up, then wire brush, then spray, loosen, then etc. etc. Takes bloody ages and is pretty physical lol. End cap removes all of that hassle. Ebay 'thread cover caps' you want 1mm - 2mm less than the diameter of the bolt it is going on, so in my case bolt diameter of ball joint is m14 so I got m12. They stretch over and seal well.
Only way of getting a torque wrench on the ball joint bolt is by taking off the suspension arm and then the drive shaft, then you can get it on. Also… don’t do what he did… don’t put an impact driver on the bolts without threading them first, great way to strip threads and destroy your bolts and subframe threads 🤣 Other than that, great work mate! Fitted mine last week and what a difference!
These were 21mm, the face lift ones are 21mm but some of the early facelift still had 19mm, I guess ford wanted to use old stock up. Mine is 2008 model.
@@gregoryelgood that’s odd as I have just bought these had to get BJ separate and in the drop down menu it said 06+ just measured them and it’s 23mm ??
Hi would movement in the bushes cause vibration in the front of car proper shaking when accelerating hard 50mph or higher I have a st 2015 with bad shaking
@@jimbailey637 might be worth checking the torque mount as well. Normally it's the rear bushes that tend to fail on the arms. There are many things that can cause a wheel wobble, tracking and wheel balancing are other things to look at.
Hi mate thanks for this upload. How you finding the new arms? My bushes have gone and been looking at just changing the full arm like you have but are they really worth it? I’m not driving the car on a track just normal use. Car is lowered on coil overs so thinking maybe these will last a lot longer?
So far so good, I still use the car on the road and am surprised how good they are. Its not that harsh. As you can see I replaced the whole lot, it just made the process a whole lot simpler then trying to press bushes in and out, well worth the extra money.
A tip on the ball joint nut and bolt. Get a ratcheting ring spanner, makes job a lot easier. and faster. Nuts on mine are 22mm, on a 21mm cone. For next time you undo, put a vinyl bolt thread cap over the exposed threads sticking out the top of the nut. Put some grease in there with the cap, keeps the threads protected from corrosion. The problem I always had was having to spray, then loosen then tighten back up, then wire brush, then spray, loosen, then etc. etc. Takes bloody ages and is pretty physical lol. End cap removes all of that hassle. Ebay 'thread cover caps' you want 1mm - 2mm less than the diameter of the bolt it is going on, so in my case bolt diameter of ball joint is m14 so I got m12. They stretch over and seal well.
Love your setup by the way, that lift is awesome. Oh, and the 'blade in the background. Nice!
Only way of getting a torque wrench on the ball joint bolt is by taking off the suspension arm and then the drive shaft, then you can get it on.
Also… don’t do what he did… don’t put an impact driver on the bolts without threading them first, great way to strip threads and destroy your bolts and subframe threads 🤣
Other than that, great work mate! Fitted mine last week and what a difference!
MK2 or MK3 Focus st.
Hi good video, was these 18 or 21mm ball joints?
These were 21mm, the face lift ones are 21mm but some of the early facelift still had 19mm, I guess ford wanted to use old stock up. Mine is 2008 model.
@@gregoryelgood that’s odd as I have just bought these had to get BJ separate and in the drop down menu it said 06+ just measured them and it’s 23mm ??
@@gregoryelgood what are you going off the bolt/nut size???
@@davecozzie1 it's the diameter of the ball joint that go inside the hub.
@@gregoryelgood the width of the small but below the threads ?
Hi would movement in the bushes cause vibration in the front of car proper shaking when accelerating hard 50mph or higher I have a st 2015 with bad shaking
It could be a cause but more likely to be driveshafts.
@@gregoryelgood the garage did put new driveshaft in for me a year ago and it was doing it before had driveshafts in anyway.
@@jimbailey637 might be worth checking the torque mount as well. Normally it's the rear bushes that tend to fail on the arms. There are many things that can cause a wheel wobble, tracking and wheel balancing are other things to look at.
@@gregoryelgood if any of the mounts are leaking could that course it I could look myself and see.
@@jimbailey637 it's a possibility, if anything looks worn or leaking then I would replace just so it's eliminated as least.
Hi mate thanks for this upload. How you finding the new arms? My bushes have gone and been looking at just changing the full arm like you have but are they really worth it? I’m not driving the car on a track just normal use. Car is lowered on coil overs so thinking maybe these will last a lot longer?
So far so good, I still use the car on the road and am surprised how good they are. Its not that harsh.
As you can see I replaced the whole lot, it just made the process a whole lot simpler then trying to press bushes in and out, well worth the extra money.