Can someone please tell me how to change the ball joints in my 99 Dodge ram1500?

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Jack up your truck under the A-arm of one side. place a jack stand under the frame. KEEP THE JACK UNDER THE A-ARM YOU NEED TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON IT. You can only do one side at a time unless you have two jacks. Take off the wheel loosen the lug nuts first. Remove the cotter pins from the ball joint and unscrew the castle nut on the top ball joint.
I do not know if your ball joints are rivetted in but more than likely they are so you will either have to drill them out, or if you have an air compressor and an air hammer you can chisel the rivets off. If they are bolted in then hey just remove the bolts. Now remove the top ball joint with a BALL JOINT SEPARATOR you get at the parts store also known as a "pickle fork" you will also need a hefty hammer to hit the tool with. The ball joint should pop out. Now do the same with the bottom one. You may have to suspend the Spindle with some wire so you do not damage the brake line after you get the ball joints off. Replace with new ball joints that come with bolts and nuts. Grease the fittings or have them greased at your local Quick Lube before you start the job. Replace everything and torque everything to specifications. Now do the other side. It is not too hard but there are a few special tools and it can take some time to remove the rivets.

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Your best bet would be to go out to your local parts store and pick up a Haynes or Chilton repair manual for you truck and read it. Those helped me do alot of things on my car that saved me alot of money.

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i own a repair shop,and if I'm not mistaken these ones are pressed in,if so you,ll be better off having it done ,because its not as easy as it sounds to do ,if their the riveted in type you can grind the rivets out and change them ,but you need some good tools and a good work ares to do this in,if it were me id have them done,its a lot easier and the labor isn't that bad on having them done,good luck i hope this help,s.

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