Ball joint replacement

joanne_d_3

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

this mechanic is trying his best to get constant work from you i'd try a different mechanic. you pay him to do a job not to search the car for other possible faults or cause them. aux tensioners are pretty sturdy and would take allot of years to wear to the point of needing a change! plus he would of been rocking it back and forth to do the belts he probably knackered it himself!
when he disconnected the shocks he would of used a balljoint spillter to remove the joint from the hub well i hope he used a splitter! i'd say he's creating work for himself, dont use him and ask around for a decent mechanic.

Hi , i couldnt agree with you more !!!

I reckon that if this mechanic had of noticed the ball joints when he was doing the shocks then he would have mentioned it then......i mean the shocks were only done a week or so ago......i wouldnt think the ball joints would have been fine then and then WENT within such a short space of time !!

It just pee's me off , we leave the car in for one thing and go back to a list of faults !!!

The car only passed its psv test a month ago !

joanne


ps . the car WONT be going back to this rip off merchant lol

mikey72

joanne_d wrote: »

Hi , i couldnt agree with you more !!!

I reckon that if this mechanic had of noticed the ball joints when he was doing the shocks then he would have mentioned it then......i mean the shocks were only done a week or so ago......i wouldnt think the ball joints would have been fine then and then WENT within such a short space of time !!

It just pee's me off , we leave the car in for one thing and go back to a list of faults !!!

The car only passed its psv test a month ago !

joanne



ps . the car WONT be going back to this rip off merchant lol

I would have thought the ball joints and gaiter would have been ok then.

joanne_d_3

mikey72 wrote: »

I would have thought the ball joints and gaiter would have been ok then.

Hi Mikey.

Trust me , im NO mechanic but i would say without a doubt that the ball joints were fine when the shocks were done and i would also go as far as saying that the ball joints are NO where near as knackered as he is trying to tell us.....the problem here is my husband is taking his word for gospel because the car is a taxi and so he knows he is responsible for the safety of his passengers.....

Im guessing this mechanic is playing on our inexperience !

The bottom line of the matter is we (I) will not be going back near him for any repairs!!! I will also be telling everyone i know to avoid him too lol

Joanne

mikey72

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

ive been there with bar and hammer job in the end i went out and bought a splitter was just plain and simple easy just a couple of little taps and out its coms without splitting the rubber around the joint. and save me about 20 mins trying to whack the joint off the hard way!

Success.
An 8ft length of 4 x 2 wedged under the car and on top on the lower arm and it just popped out.
Driveshaft came out with no problems, and I used a cone to get the new gaiter on. Bit tricky under the wing, but a lot easier than taking out the driveshaft. (It did pull out slightly, and dripped a bit of oil, but not much. Seems to have gone back in ok without any more leaking, and hasn't lost enough to worry about topping back up)
Just the beers to finish now.