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**///Menace328i** · 03-07-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by catalyst

what did you use to press the balljoints?

one of my friends has a puller... with two legs wich was kinda hard to push out the joints but to press them in was a little more easier... we used an impact socket on the tip of the driver, a circle metal piece, and careful placement of joint cause if you put it in croocked you will be screwed. But never again... I will buy the whole arm next time I need to do that! I had no choice but to buy the joint cause I was pressed for money. Like I said the hardest part was gettin them out... they were wiggleling all over the place until we used the socket!

**bitcore** · 03-16-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Storamin

nice swaybar link. honestly, i wouldn't worry about driving on it like that. If it fails... the swaybar is still connected at the subframe. It'll just clunk. Besides, it looks like you've been driving on it like that for quite some time.

True.
Believe it or not, I ****FORGOT**** to hook one side of the swaybar back up when I was replacing a LCAB bolt that I torqed the head off of. I unhookd it so I could lift the side in the air with the stock jack (I didn't have shit for lift equipment, AND I stuck my wheels under the engine, subframe, and all underneith it, so I'm not quite that dumb.) Drove around for a while and heard a loud CLUNK and was like "Oh shit! Something broke!"

It just clanks against the lca. It'l be fine until you replace them. If it does break, then just take it easy for a while, unhook the other swaybar and twist it all out of the way, clanking isn't good. Note the effects of a swaybarless suspension.