black_widow87 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Evening all, I'm in the process of taking apart my rear subframe, all was going well until I get to the rear upper control arm ball joints! Iv tried levering downwards whilst hitting the joint housing, but with no joy. I also tried the same method using heatgun but being careful not to destroy the rubber boot. Are there any other methods I can try? Cheers Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Ball joint splitter, big hammer, smash the shit out of it. Providing the actual ball joint is still good you can get new boots cheap enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_widow87 Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 19 hours ago, Swampy442 said: Ball joint splitter, big hammer, smash the shit out of it. Providing the actual ball joint is still good you can get new boots cheap enough Just gone and ordered myself a ball joint fork kit with various sizes, hopefully it's upto the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_widow87 Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 So after using my ball joint splitting kit, which worked an absolute treat, I didn't manage to save the rubber boot for the rear lower suspension arm. Does anybody know the best place to get a replacement for these? Or accurate dimensions so I can try find a similar boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 If you can get me rough dimensions, I may have an OEM spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc92 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 https://www.balljointboots.co.uk/ball-joint-boots.html I used these ones for the front lowers, IDK if they're the same size as the rears though they might fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_widow87 Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Josh42 said: If you can get me rough dimensions, I may have an OEM spare I'll measure up once I'm home this afternoon mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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