[KidAce]

FOLLOW-UP

OK, both lower ball joints are replace, tires aligned and life is good :-)

I pretty much followed the Haynes Manual, but I made a little adjustment.

1) - Loosen and remove the Axledrive nut. (removing it now will make it that much easier to remove the Hub_&_Bearing assembly, later).
2) - Raise and remove the tire.
3) - Remove the break calliper, rotor and the Hub_&_Bearing assemby.
4) - Remove the shock absorber.
5) - Disconect and remove the outter tie-rod.
6) - Loosen the ball joint nult, but don't remove it completely, yet.
7) - Back-off the Torsion Bar pressure. Before doing so, either mark the current setting of the bolt or count the number of threads that are exposed because you'll need to re-tighten it to the same position.
8) - Jack up the lower arm.
9) - Using a pickle fork, seperate the ball joint from the knuckle.
10) - If the incumbent ball joint is still the factory one, you have to drill out the rivets and pound it out.
11) - Once all 4 rivets are out, raise the arm as high as it will go and pop-out the incumbent ball joint.
12) - Put the new one on, but don't fasten the ball joint stem yet.
13) - Secure the 4 bolts REALLY REALLY tight.
14) - Lower the Arm all the way.
15) - Now you can fasten the ball joint stem. Be sure to fasten it REALLY REALLY tight also.
16) - Re-tighten the Torsion bar to the previous setting.
17) - Grease-up the new ball joint, heavily.

From here, you can just reverse the procedure and don't forget to get it aligned.

Good Luck. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me.
Ace