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How to Replace a Truck Ball Joint : How to Remove the Lower Snap Ring on Trucks

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Uploaded by on Feb 11, 2008

Learn how to remove your lower snap ring in this free auto repair and car maintenance video clip.

Expert: Nathan McCullough
Bio: Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal.
Filmmaker: Robert Rogers

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Autos & Vehicles

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  • one set of ball joints for the life of your vehicle? not if you own a ford or a dodge.

  • @amzy76 Lower ball joints in a 2002 chevy truck are pressed in the lower control arm from the factory as all are, however, no rivets or snap rings retain the ball joint. The factory uses a press to stake the upper lip of the ball joint in the control arm in four spots on the upper lip. Take a drift and a hammer and knock these for areas inward towards the center of the ball joint. Use a small file to make sure the lip is nice and round and take a hammer and knock it out. No press needed.

  • I have a 2002 chevy silverado,the lower ball joints are seal like hell(no screws) does any body have any idea how to get them out?.....hope somebody knows what i mean,thanks for reading

  • Drive TO the snapring?? NO! Drive FROM the snapring side.

  • i agree there should be a sequence nember!!!!!! im getting pissed

  • Without a sequence number in the video name, it is very difficult to find the proper video sequence. The sequence number at the end of the video name is not good either, place the number early in the title as I have done on my uploads at my "lwgraves" channel. Very good videos.

  • Very well explained

  • @rthom86 This is just a general way of removing them ect most vehicles will be similar they cant make a video for every truck and car

  • ok expertvillage not every single full size trucks ball joints are like this. Hell it can change from year to year with the same model truck. You need to be specific and say what year and model of truck you are working on. You are going to have people thinking they can tackle this job and their truck is totally different, then they screw something up.

  • lol anyone realize he says his names dave but his shirt says nathan

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