Upper and Lower Ball Joint Change Chevy 4x4 1500 2002

Putting some new bal joints in a 2002 Chevy 1500 Silverado.

[@stupaulesc7387]

using the grinder for the mushroom like surface was absolute on the spot advice. Once grinding those edges out, and just a bit more persistence with a small sledge hammer and the joint came out! Amazing video, thank you!!!

[@shiminowind]

I have aftermarket control arms of unknown origin and they have the same ball joints. Normally I would swap all suspension parts at once but Brandon's inflation made that difficult at the moment. I was hoping there was a way to remove them and swap with moog for now and you guys proved what I knew to be true. Thank you for your sacrifice to demonstrate what others failed to show in there tutorials

[@dangerousmecanicsautomotiv8130]

I love to see old mechanics work (no offense, no offense), they have the best experience and tricks thank you for the vid. 👍

[@fumuu1316]

Great Video, Excellent vivid instructions on this. Thank you from the world for people like yourselves are the future of DIY and self knowledge. The internet is a great place to find such wonderful help. Your video on this subject was more concise and definitely easily solved my difficult in removing my old ball joint. Thanks..

[@mikez9799]

Gentlemen this is an outstanding video. I haven’t seen a video where the lower ball joint is removed like the one seen here since my Tahoe has the same one. I was looking for a snap ring or rivets but after seeing this video. Huge help! I took a hammer to the knuckle and it was seized up so I ended up just cutting the ball joint housing with a 7” angle grinder, haha. As for getting the ball joint out of the control arm, I will be doing the same with a chisel, dead blow and grinder. Thanks!

[@lonecrusaider]

I was about to do this on my truck... glad I waited, need more stuff

[@bartpeters7410]

Thanks, guys. Big help, especially removing the lower ball joint!

[@dnlmachine4287]

Brother - leave your plaid work shirt on!!! Instant +50HP and +25STR. Stay gold.

[@spelunkerd]

Well done, fun to see this from start to finish. I imagine that would be much more difficult with the knuckle in the way.

[@cklinejr]

Glad to see a new video, keep em coming!

[@bhhb308]

Great video...realistic unlike so other videos

[@RedemptionGarage]

Nice video... just did a k2500 upper control arm and had the same problems with the hub!

[@jessek5291]

You know if you have the right tools they take as long as the whole video to do. Even being in the North country. I love doing these and would do them every day

[@thedeerhunter4407]

well done .this is hard work.

[@JohnKaufmann]

Man you guys rock. Excellent video and entertaining too.

[@jimbeamed5076]

a hint instead of useing a pickle fork, hit on the female part of the knuckle, while pulling apart with your other hand. works almost all of the time. heat helps too

[@LawrenceP86]

This was the first vid I found with the same lower ball as mine thank you for showing that! 👍👍🍻🍻

[@monkeguy34]

Diy mechanic work up north must suck, I changed my wheel bearings for the first time, took me an hour per side, nice when stuff just comes out lol

[@kpmedia8977]

thanks, saved to my favorites !!!!

[@LESSspam80]

I'm in Florida , had my 02 sierra since 03 here. Just did my joints after 175k and they were not pretty but not even close to that corrosion. I feel your pain brotha.

[@LESSspam80]

All was hammered out with a horizontal swing to the knuckle. Used a press to install new joints. Only fancy tool I used and it was free to rent

[@HouseCallAutoRepair]

So much easier to thread the hub bolts back in, then back them each out about 3-4 turns. Now, striking the head of the bolts, you can knock the hub out of the knuckle.

[@tofertallman2512]

I prefer working on a 2wd lower ball joint in Florida. Wow, this is the real shit here boys. Good work!

[@davidpedder9048]

It helps if a few days befor the job gets done, you spray the parts with penitrateing oil

[@hippyshaven2756]

great video.Think you talked me out of doing it. lol .I was tired just watching.

[@richc9503]

I did mine a couple of years ago, took me 2 days to break the 1st lower out then I did the other 3 in about 1 1/2 hrs.

[@kadenparry4136]

What was your trick to get that lower out? Mines stuck really good. I've tried a torch, mini Sledge, pickle fork, 2 jaw puller. Nothing has worked

[@thomasbaron9928]

I bet some garages charge 1500.00 i failed inspection . Bc of wheel bearing assembly.. .he wanted 600.00....i did it for 100.00..and a sat morning....good to see videos to help me out ..thx u

[@KeepBodyAndSoulTogether]

I had a fit with the bottom one too

[@Miguelgarcia888]

Thank you for this video.

[@Brangustx]

Excellent!

[@mariop3519]

okay, so before you haul off and go to the local parts store and decide you want to do this.There's a ton of stuff left off here but the most important from my experience and I just did this yesterday, is the amount of force you are going to have to exert to get that ball joint off and on with that press. I"m a big guy and even having a great breaker bar and footing it was like I was going to shut a roid just trying to get this thing on, it is a PITA. Now when you are pressing it in the press is going to lean and make it much harder to go in fact like this video shows, the press is going to lean to the side just a tad, enough to make it dam near impossible. The other thing and none of these videos show it, is taking off the boot then making sure you put the boot metal ring back on while not cutting the snot out of it. Once you start trying to do this, if your's is pre-loaded your going to be almost SOL because that grease is going to rubberized the boot end making it to loose to really roll around the wring grove. Now if you you're lucky the metal wring is not distorted from removing the boot and you can get it to work. If you don't put on that metal retainer, when you go to load your joint with grease it's going to either shot out the top and or shoot down the boot. But FME, this was the whole part of the exercise and a real PITA. People really need to know this before they attempt it.

[@joeleone4791]

How long did your wheel bearing last

[@laurene6001]

next time, leave the hub on, no reason to remove it.

[@Oldsmob455]

The axle is in the way of the press.

[@grs11gman11]

@@Oldsmob455 the axle is easy to remove do not have to remove bearing kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5euhqCuhrWYodk

[@pmpgmc650]

Ya, take hub and knuckle off together. And then if you need axle out the way still. Easy 6 bolts

[@jerrythompson9010]

If you can, get the hub to rotate away from the bolt holes, and use the bolts from the hub to press it out.

[@redgadget6569]

What size socket takes off the axle wheel nut? I’m doing this tomorrow.

[@nolancordero6130]

How ya doing man? That rubber sleeve is it hard to rip or tear? I'm asking because my girl hard her ball joints replaced n the so-called mechanic ripped them n left them hanging there.

[@a.k.t388]

FYI you don't need to remove the hub. only the axle nut and the knuckle comes right off

[@shonhurt4520]

Exactly!!! He can also use that press to press the old one out instead of beating the shit out of it

[@cmg-muscle]

You cant do that with a finishing hammer! Followed by that laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jerrya27]

bro were is your air hammer

[@jacobcole1638]

May I ask what is the clamps for ?

[@marvin5620]

Hello Brother from IBEW Local 968 Parkersburg WV.

[@daddyrabbit835]

9:01 I had the exact same thing happen to me.

[@trentyager6022]

You don’t even have to grind the tabs on the bottom ball joint just knocked the damn thing through just did one today

[@Wrenchlife604]

Just did a set this weekend. 400,000km on the truck. Nothing wanted to budge.

[@user-dx9vd8fg7u]

Sooooo was the bearing bad? Why did you remove the bearing?/hub?

[@expatconn7242]

What is the Name and number of that puller set???? Is it OTC ? Ty

[@PantherSpawn]

Can't get the lower ball joint out to save my life.. Tried pickle forks, pullers, bfh.. Won't budge. What are my options?

[@crash41899]

For next time... if you undo the tie rod from the knuckle you can remove the whole knuckle with the wheel hub still in the knuckle. lot less of a headache.

[@SKANK_HUNT49]

Crash99 Night Rider Yankees love to over-complicate things

[@craigwallace1292]

Great tip. Just getting ready to do ball joints on my 04 Silverado

[@gunner49er]

Crap the control arm with a hammer as you’re putting him the ball joint will make it slide in much quicker and easier

[@TheSummit396]

ibew 586!!!! brother!

[@hayzersolar]

why dont you buy the new control arms . they come with new ball joints and bushings

[@EchoNine3]

Do you have to relieve tension in the tortion bars?

[@rf14dmb]

Eric Montoya only if you replace the whole arm.

[@woodym5933]

A lot of extra work for nothing taking the hubs off.

[@andyv4585]

how do you get the lower ball joint out past the axle then? very little room in there

[@Joe_1776]

@@andyv4585 remove the bolts from the back of the axle, it will pull down and let you slide it out.

[@andyv4585]

@@Joe_1776 easier to just remove the hub

[@Joe_1776]

@@andyv4585 not really, axle bolts come off way easier then hubs.

[@chipjumper]

What brand lift is that? Pro install? How much was it and where did you get it from?

[@JohnKaufmann]

chipjumper they installed it and I think they did a video on the process

[@JohnKaufmann]

Bendpak I believe

[@davidpedder9048]

Why not just change the lowwer control arm ?? You get the new ball joint and new bushings. Less work

[@codyfryer1003]

More $$$.. lol

[@md5383]

@@codyfryer1003 upper control arm is a replacment there is no replacement lower on 4x4

[@codyfryer1003]

@@md5383 yes you can replace a lower control arm on a 4x4 truck .

[@lorettahuisman-bt3le]

How much should it cost

[@dethdirkl4569]

Any idea on how to release the lower ball joint from knuckle? I've been beating on it for an hour

[@Oldsmob455]

Use Heavier Hammer. If you are using a carpenters finishing hammer, forget it.

[@myinfo3406]

Did you use both cutoff wheel and chisel

[@brianmellberg6123]

had this issue last night heat the knuckel up thnen smack with hammer and should fall off

[@danmatney5222]

I have been beating on mine for an hour and they wont break apart (upper). I was watching this to see if i missed a step somewhere but, it looks like it is just seized up metal to metal.

[@PeterB12345]

What did you end up doing? I've got a lower that I spent all day on... even the torch wouldn't budge it and I bent a puller

[@kadenparry4136]

@@PeterB12345 did you ever figure this out? I've had the same issue

[@PeterB12345]

​@@kadenparry4136 Sure did. I cut the ball joint off with an angle grinder and then pressed the remaining stud out of the knuckle with a ball joint press.

[@kadenparry4136]

@@PeterB12345 thought about doing that. Might as well give it a try

[@JoeHynes284]

Those shows are utter crap, which is why I like watching shows like yours

[@jarredsegal6842]

You don’t need to remove the hub to replace the ball joints

[@mikelboyd711]

Why didn't you just pull the tie rod? Would of had to pull the hub...

[@Jedi_Luke]

Damn you guys need air tools ASAP

[@beejay8719]

Why not just replace the whole assembly? Upper and lower?

[@GM.572]

Anybody noticed that the other guy sounded like John Morston from RDR ?!!

[@jasonlee9326]

And this folks is why you never buy a truck from up north.

[@jar6588]

redmechs getor done 🤣✌

[@davidrosenthal2137]

When a parts store sales you the wrong parts and causes damage to a truck had to replace all my brake rotors and hub brake caliper with hardware brake pads front wheel bearing should parts store pay for my damage

[@Oldsmob455]

The parts should be matched to the old parts during the install. Good luck getting a parts store to pay out.

[@barrycowan1997]

I can't take too much more from parts store the orilley near me is full of 16 year old assholes (not saying every 16yr old is) standing around. Seems like ever time I go someones got something to say about my truck damn parts stores are just agervating

[@charlespick248]

Yikes!!! Maybe over working this job.

[@DEDZED]

bruh this is rough i have little car knowledge and my ball joints are shot to shit.

[@BigBennettTV]

I don't think it was a good idea for the old biker to push the ripped apart wheel bearing back together and use it. This job could have been a lot simpler if you just used the air impact and air hammer, way to much hack n packin

[@marvin5620]

They could have just edited out that part. But I'm glad they didn't. They are not seasoned mechanics and made a mistake. It happens to everyone. And they fixed the problem by pressing the bearing back together. As an old mechanic I can say that bearing will be just fine if there wasn't any play in it to begin with.

[@gunner49er]

$50 for a new wheel bearing And housing assembly isn’t worth all that grief

[@sickofliberals9403]

This is why I buy dodge much easier

[@chuyp3639]

sick of liberals And more often

[@sickofliberals9403]

@@chuyp3639 Lol