Hello, I have a question in regards to the ball joint and it’s three bolts. I bought a replacement that supposedly matches my ‘06 Jetta but the ball joint is too stiff to get the bolts to go through and be tightened. My question is: does it have to be that stiff or did I get a defective part? Thank you very much in advance.
Beating the knuckle with a hammer is disturbing and not best practices IMO. There are ball joint separating tools available. Right tool for the job instead of blunt force.
Please do not cheap out and use TRQ ball joints , I’ve never had a ball joint failure until my 1997 with TRQ less than 6 months old snapped right at the stud
Good video, but dumb way to separate the old ball joint. No jacking needed. Get a long punch or rod and give the old ball joint a single firm blow from the top. Voila.
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Remove the three nuts from the arm, remove driveshaft bolt and drive shaft from hub. nut for ball joint easily accessible....
How are you able to get a torque reading on that top ball joint screw with just an open end wrench?
Let's just tap here and it'll come free....hmmm. Give me that pry bar 😆😆😆😆😆
Hello, I have a question in regards to the ball joint and it’s three bolts. I bought a replacement that supposedly matches my ‘06 Jetta but the ball joint is too stiff to get the bolts to go through and be tightened. My question is: does it have to be that stiff or did I get a defective part? Thank you very much in advance.
Is this anything like replacing the ball joint on my 2012 tts Quattro?? It seems pretty simple 😅
Was that ball joint pre-greased? Or did it have to be lubed later?
100nm on those 3 bolts cant be right. i got to 60nm after that the skrewing just broke💀
0:14 That's what she said
I’ve ran into the issue where I can’t get the ball joint to tighten because the dumb cv axle blocks the hex bit so I can tighten it down
Beating the knuckle with a hammer is disturbing and not best practices IMO. There are ball joint separating tools available. Right tool for the job instead of blunt force.
Thanks for the horrible torque spec it stretched the studs they’re supposed to be 60nm
Please do not cheap out and use TRQ ball joints , I’ve never had a ball joint failure until my 1997 with TRQ less than 6 months old snapped right at the stud
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Good video, but dumb way to separate the old ball joint. No jacking needed. Get a long punch or rod and give the old ball joint a single firm blow from the top. Voila.