ball joints and tension rods

[kbflip02]

anyone ever do these????any info or pointers would be great

[yodawill2000]

Tension rods are a snap.http://www.fuzzycats.com/docs/...t.pdf

Ive given Carlos heck about it saying Tie rods lol

Cant help ya on the ball joints .. never been there .. yet

[J30inthe sun]

I just had my front ball joints replaced. They are intergrated into the lower control arm (@ $190.00 each side), you have to replace the whole unit. The one plus from the whole thing is that the inner bushings are replaced as well because they are part of the control arm unit.

Manufactured profits.

[yodawill2000]

FYI if you have a press you can replace just the Tension rod Bushings for ALOT less

[kbflip02]

how would one go about doing that with a press?

[yodawill2000]

Press the old bushing out , then press the new bushing in !!

The rod itself should be fine unless it somehow got bent.


Modified by yodawill2000 at 8:29 AM 3/26/2009

[kbflip02]

so heres what i apparently need for my J...both inner tie rods @ 241.87 ea, both other tie rods @ 64.46 ea, both lower control arms including ball joints @ 258.70 ea, tension rods @ 222.86 ea which brings my grand total to just under $1600....put in a call to Joe and Leon @ everythinginfiniti.com and they quoted me @ $1200 shipped overnight...so much for doing my shocks and struts right now...oh welll...my point im trying to make is everything infiniti is the way to go for OEM parts!!!!

[J30inthe sun]

...both inner tie rods @ 241.87 ea,...

I just replaced the full rack & pinion unit which included the INNER tie rods & it was $350.00.
Modified by J30inthe sun at 7:19 PM 3/26/2009

[J30inthe sun]

I meant inner tie rods... corrected above.

[Gerardjg]

I meant inner tie rods... corrected above.

Where did you get the rack? also was it as easy as it looks in the manual to change.

[Gerardjg]

how would one go about doing that with a press?

You buy the new bushings take the rods out and bring them to a machine shop and they will R&R the bushings for you . I have access to a hydraulic press and did my own, it took close to 5,000 PSI to get the old ones out. The procedure is in the manual.

[J30inthe sun]

Where did you get the rack? also was it as easy as it looks in the manual to change.

That's what my shop I take my car to charged me. tHERE ARE 2 bushings for the rack that you might as well replace them while you are at it, I think they were @$25 a piece.

Look at rockauto.comhttp://www.rockauto.com/catalo...up,26

autozonehttp://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalo ... tid=354966