front ball joint
 

Anyone changed one,
is it an arse to do and any tips:)

Its quite wasy but sometimes when u change the bal joint the new one does not sit tight in the control arm so u have to weld it. And at a next change u hav to chane along with the control arm.

tim, just do it, stop dithering about, when are you going to fit all your skirts and spoilers, where are you storing them all ?;)

where is the play?if its inside the joint then fit a new one but ive had it before where the play is actually in the hole the balljoint sits in so i just fitted a secondhand arm i had cos it was easier

nah the play is in the balljoint itself as ive had a bar in there.
Just wondered if it was easy to get the ball out and in again with minimal tools and is the rollbar bolt going to snap on me :eek:

There is a cheap tool you can get that will try to push it out

well if it does u can buy my rollbar bolt an bush kit;) :D

have you a pair and how much:)
Did the cheque arrive ok and is it all in order

i was lookin really to sell the front an rear kits +anougther 2 main bushes for £20 delivered the lot,but if no takers i may let you have the fronts for £10 delivered if wanted,yeah cheques arrived mate;)

Balljoint
 

The tool that Martin refers to is a "Massive fooking hammer"!!!!!, or metric and imperial adjuster.lol:D :D

Not sure if the arms and balljoints are the same as the pulsar:o But when i had mine done on the pulsar, my friendly mot station pressed them out and pressed the new ones in for £15:D

Some of the spurious ones for the pulsar are under sized and people put 3 spot welds on the edge as someone else said:D

If they are the same as the pulsar?? You have to take the wheel off, undo the nut on the balljoint, split the joint, undo the arm and knock the retaining pin out, then the whole arm should drop out with a little bit of wigling:D

I need to do my drivers side one, Nissan tell me thy are all one piece with the arm and want to charge me £115+vat :eek: I see that just the joint can be changed, a few calls to various motorfactors that Halfords deal with (i got a trade card!) tell me that this part is no longer available, its not even listed in the new Blueprint catalog

So, anyone got a source for these?

Thank you

me and bigtim bought some last month and richk bought some today, they are about £13 each.

Where from Shaun? Ill give em a call

Try your local motor factors mate, we get ours from a company midwest, i would of thought you had a motor factor like them around by you.

The ones for the gtir, from nissan are £145 each side, you have to buy the arm complete from nissan, but the ball joints are between £10 and £15 each from a motor factors.

Have you tried blueprint??

Like i said, im not sure what the s12 ones look like, but browsing ebay for you, i found these ones.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SILVIA-SUNNY-V...em150008164693

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-SILVIA-...em180040704444

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/120Y-SILVIA-16...em160023569582

Ahh brilliant thank you for your help. Blueprint do not list the part anymore (I was told by the man on the phone!)

Ill get the ebay one, thanks again

T

if you get stuck try pcs at chesterfield, 01246 / 250999. quinten hazel and federal mogal still do them.

Only the 2nd link has the correct balljoint

Glad i could help mate:D

With me being an newb to the s12 scene, i wasnt to sure what i was looking for:o lol

1 out of 3 isnt bad for the first time is it lol.

Idiot's question coming up.

I have my ball joints here. Looking down from above, it swivels as it should but one direction it will go a little more than the others as it has a slightly deeper groove around the ball.

Which way does this dipped groove point?

Answered my own question: doesn't matter lol, it's circular, not oval so is irrelivant which way it goes in :ghey

Everyone should know which way there balls swivel mate:D