<VV> front lower ball joints

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

I recently replaced my lower ball joints.  Got the ball joints from a 
Corvair supplier.  Borrowed a Harbor Freight ball joint press from a fellow 
club member and sometimes lurker on this list.  It is just an seriously 
overgrown C-clamp with some adapters to press out the old ones and press in 
the new.  The old ones came out pretty easily.  The new ones went in really 
tight.  I used my impact on the press to get them in.  I did it on the car.

Dennis

At 12:50 PM 1/1/2006, Ed Dowds wrote:
>The lower balljoints are press-in, as Jim stated, so be careful and make 
>sure you don't buy "replacements" that are screw-in. These are harder to 
>install and prevent you from ever using a press-in again. Some replacement 
>manufactuers made these screw-ins to be able to service lower arms that 
>had the holes enlarged by previous faulty installs. There are some NOS 
>replacements like these at swap meets. I suspect they are leftovers 
>because most people (when Corvairs were being made) knew that the lowers 
>should be press-in.
>I think that 1960 Corvairs MAY have used screw-ins. Do any '60 owners know 
>if that was the case?
>                  Ed