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by **hhh1234** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:21 pm

Anyone know if this is a hard job. Found parts on camskill £15.

by **kevinod** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:52 pm

You mean these?

I've done the drivers side, and need to do the passengers side now.

Its not a hard job, the only part that was a pain was taking the track rod end off. That bit I found it impossible to do without damaging the track rod end to get it off the wheel end. A shame, cos the one that was on it was perfect!

To make sure your tracking isn't too far off afterwards, count the number of turns needed to take the old one off, and then after when putting it back on, twist it back on the same number of turns. Doing that mine was pretty close afterwards.

There's a guide around somewhere I think... workshop manuals (on download page) maybe.

Actually, the alternative which I'm going to try out is a boot you can get which you can glue together in place. So you just cut off the old one, slip this one over the joint, comes with glue to seal up, so you don't need to take any parts off at all.

by **hhh1234** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:20 am

can you get these from camskill. cheers for the help.

by **ikeane** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:38 pm

by **jayod12b** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:41 pm

Did mine a few weeks ago too on both sides, found the inside clip a little awkward to get at, used a junior hacksaw in the end no problem, also when sliding on the new track rod boot grease the front it, goes on alot easier :wink:

by **hhh1234** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:44 pm

Had a go today at fitting the gaters. CANT GET THE BLOODY TRACKING ROD END OUT OF THE BALL JOINT. any ideas guys. should keep hitting it with a hammer. lol

by **Daz** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:54 pm

hhh1234 wrote:Had a go today at fitting the gaters. CANT GET THE BLOODY TRACKING ROD END OUT OF THE BALL JOINT. any ideas guys. should keep hitting it with a hammer. lol

Chances are you'll need a proper ball joint splitter, any decient motor factors will have them

Daz...

by **jayod12b** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:59 pm

spray wd40 into the joint,leave it for a few minutes,then give the ball joint a few good taps of the lump hammer on both sides,should just pop right up :wink:

by **hhh1234** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:40 pm

im getting there slowly.ball joint off. first clip taken off gaer bit stuck on how to get the second one off ( the big one) DONT WANA DAMAGE IT.

by **mark** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:37 pm

Did mine recently also. I unscrewed the steering rack from the TR end, took about 4mins each side, not difficult, greased up the new gaitors, cut them to fit and cable tied them on at each end. Cable ties were supplied with the gaitors. Most motor factors should have the gaitors over here if anyone else is reading this :!:

by **kevinod** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:04 am

hhh1234 wrote:im getting there slowly.ball joint off. first clip taken off gaer bit stuck on how to get the second one off ( the big one) DONT WANA DAMAGE IT.

Its a disposable one I'm sure, can't get it off without twisting it. There should be a tie clip in the kit anyway so no hassles.