Thanks! THIS helped me out all the way! thanks again.

Well done...(Thanks very much).

11:39 man this guy sure is flexible! I couldn't help myself. Great video I cant wait to do this solo tomorrow!!!

Man good vid but where is the 💡

Wonderful teacher period!!

Having my ball joints done today on my E250. Glad I found this video. Subscribed

I was really inspired after this video. I am not a mechanic, I am a master plumber, this video was so good, I checked out the tools and bought the parts, and it worked!!! I used two map gas torches and it came loose. The caliper bracket bolts gave me the biggest trouble, four hours beating the locktight out. I also scratched the thread putting the new ball joints it, the press slipped off. I bouhht the biggest compressor I could fit in my shed, I cracked it up to 150psi for the caliper bolts

Good job on using the torch. I need to get one of those. I have to do this soon on one of my vans. Nicely done! Thanks for the video!

Thanks for compliment and I m glad it helped out.

very good thank you, the tip on not beating where you heat, never heard that before great. some simple editing sotfware can be used to cut that piece out in the middle. if you set your focus to manual and open it to max then slight changes in your angle won't have the camera hunting for a point to focus on. you can never have to much (soft) lighting thats does not cause glare in the shot

very helpful the proper order of removal and installation with the right tool will save many headaches for those of us who don't do this every day thanks

I am now not clueless. Great help. Thanks.

Thank you for the video. Glad I will not look like a newbie tomorrow at work. Lol

I’ve done the job twice on my van. You guys are great this video would have helped me big time the first go around. Hope you do a lot more videos.

Put those new ball joints in the freezer a few hours before installing them. They will go in alot easier.

Awesome bro I just saved myself 450 bucks !! Video needed a little lighting but enough to see how it was donen

Sadly the camera person sucks and your lighting is very poor, other than that you did a good job installing the ball joints dry with no lube.

Thanks handyman you just saved me $785 bucks

Nice work!.... very helpful

you did a great job, going true all the trouble of doing the job and filming same time, man people should show some appreciation!!!!. i have the idea; now its up to me to get the job done right, :-)

well done this help us out

anyone who had anything negative to say about this video should be kicked square in the face. these guys showed how you do it at home with some power tools not like you at the shop up on a rack and all the tools in the world to do it with,layman can relate to this very will. thanks guys great job,saved me some bucks!! i got more time than money!!

Thank you. I agree.

Thanks for the compliment Bud. I am glad it helped you and your dad out.

Great info!! The camera work is bad there for a moment but I get the point! Thanks a ton!

thanks for the help looks easy

Thanks for the compliment. It is an OTC but the adapters are bought separately. I had to purchase them off the tool guy that came to the garage. Your otc kit that holds the press should have cavities for the different adapters. Thats where they get you. Thanks for watching.

thanks man you been a big help

Just watched as I thought I was doing something wrong for the upper ball joint(still won't move). I adapted an 8" cut-off wheel to my large grinder(smaller grinders won't get in to cut all the way through--knuckle housing in the way) and cut the lower ball joint; then easy removal with the "C" clamp(I have exactly the same one you do--OTC-over 40 years old!). Howeve, the bottom ball joint would still not come out, so I drilled a center hole and then a steel hole saw slightly less in diameter tan the bottom round part. Eventually, was able to air hammer out the remainder. Both sides needed to have the ball joints sliced(didn't want to use torch as very worried about changing the temper of the knuckle). Now, back to the uppers--ugh

I watched this and some other vids before I did my 93 E-350. By watching these videos before I did mine, it made it it feel like I'd done it before. I bought the Harbor Freight basic ball joint kit, and got it taken apart OK but then when putting it back together, I realized I needed the complete "Harbor Freight Master Ball Joint Kit"...it had the correct spacers I needed to do it. I ruined the big C-Clamp Press by not using the proper spacers...no biggy, I'll buy another if I ever have to do this again, but I could have avoided it by maybe wire brushing off around the ball joints before deciding which spacers to use...I tried using the wrong spacers and so the C-Clamp was pressing against itself, and the C-Clamp Press just bent itself open...it still worked, but if I was to do it again I"d buy another new press and be more careful...with teh proper spacers. It actually went pretty easy once I got the right spacers in place. This video is GOLD, thanks for sharing. This job took me prolly 4 hours...could have gone half the time with proper spacers.

Thank you.

I have a LOVE for hydraulics and pressing, I am also lazy

Nice & str8 forward!

Pickle fork there made for a reason

Awesome video guys and thanks for sharing this great info :)

Great...I need to do thisto bother sides...will look forthe pickle fork.

Nice video!

Thanks guys..the video was kinda crude but I get the idea. Hope you can post the entire process from taking off everything to putting all the stuff back on. Thanks again

Thank you....

I used a pickle fork to get the ball joints to break loose. I have a torch but use it sparingly as a last resort. The lower is the one that is the problem, the upper is a snug fit in the alignment sleeve but is relatively easy to get out.

thanks pep boys wanted 1300 to do brakes and change out upper and lower ball joints.lol they do everything for less i guess i hate to see what a dealer charges. lol doing everything this van needs for 150 in parts. lol thanks a grand. lol good vidio

Awesome video

hey i had watch this. video and it had help me

Thank God I have not experienced the lower ball joint hanging up like that, but I use a 4 lb hammer. When I do this job on E250 & E350s, it never requires more than 2 hits. I also use a cordless IR 7150 cordless impact, since I am out in the field and it pushes them right out.

great job , I've torched them out and beat them out (sometimes after heating them , let cool down and its like a key in a lock)

Great post ! I have a 2000 E-150 van. I will use this clip and let you know how it comes out next 2 weeks!Thanks

Thank you for the video. I think I'm going to have a pro do it. Having to heat it up was the deciding factor.

25 years I rebuilt the whole front end on a 2003 e450 with out any heat !

have all the components off and going to get removal tool tommorrow. Hope it goes well because i have inspection for next day

You do not need to remove the rotor when replacing the ball joints. This way you don't have to clean and repack the bearings. It is also a good idea to mark the position of the camber adjuster so you can reinstall it in the same position. Never use a torch to remove the lower ball joint. If he was to have used a heavier hammer and a little more force the ball joint would have fallen out.

Never heat the knuckle up take a three pound hammer and hit the housing where the lower ball joint tapered shaft comes through this works on every car or truck works 100 out of 100 times with 3 to 5 good hits

Great video. (but a bigger hammer might have made it easier to break the lower joint loose. Fords don't even pay attention to anything less than a 3 lb hammer)

Unfortunately no, a plumbing propane torch will not get hot enough. It never worked for me anyway.Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. Good luck on your project and I hope it goes very well.

It says DO NOT HEAT on that i beam for a reason.............

Thank you and thanks for watching.

For anyone that might be doing this job (I have) you need to be careful of the cinch bolt that holds the upper ball joint Camber/Caster alignment sleeve in place. In Ford's infinite wisdom, instead of a thru bolt with a nut (as they now use on some axles) this one is threaded into the axle itself. If you break the bolt, as I did on my very rusted E250, you're in for a real workout to get it drilled out. Also, minor point the person in the video says that he's "beating on the Spindle" when in reality it's the steering knuckle he's beating on. It's best to use either a pickle fork or a ball joint separator to remove the lower ball joint from the axle. Heat really is a no-no on cast parts, especially those related to steering.

Thanks for posting this video, you made it look easy. I gotta change the ball joints on both of my 02 Excursions, 2WD with 300K+ miles and 4WD with170K+ miles. My chilton manual was not very helpful with this job, in fact my manual says that the 2WD drive ball joints are not serviceable at the time of manual printing. Hey handy man, If heat is needed, do you think a propane plumbing torch will generate enough heat to free up ball joint? My first time replacing ball joints on any car. Thanks!

Just bought a 99 E350. Drove it home from CA to CO. Tires were pretty shot on it I could see when they FaceTime’d me showing them. I took several mounted wheels and tires along. The rears on the van were far better than the fronts. I pulled the fronts and moved the rears forward. Put two on rear I brought. The fronts I removed were both heavily worn on the inside. Van sitting looks toe’d in. After driving it home 859 miles, the shocks and springs hold it well no float or prolonged bounce over surfaces. Now, here’s the question. If an alignment can not fix the excessive toe in, is the problem most likely the ball joints are shot, or is there something else that would cause the inner wear and toe in I should look at first?

I know any Company such as otc tools etc will void the warranty if the threads get damaged due to being used with an impact gun . But the again i am sure there are many other's out there such as yourself that have used an impact on a tool that the manufacturer that clearly states not to & never any viseable wear to the tool . Perhaps it's not so much damage to the tool after all but rather liability issues due misuse . Biggest thing is to be careful / take the time to do it right . And of coarse lots of penetrating oil on the threads to extend the life of the tool . Thanks for sharing this video & for listening .

Thanks for the great video guys. What brand-name of ball-joint press did you use? I purchased a new OTC press which looks very similar but you seem to have some different adapters for pressing the new ball-joints in.

at the start of the video could you please simplify a list of tools that will be needed from start to finish perhaps in chronological order. thanks great video much appreciated

Imo getting a ball joint that hot is a dangerous no no. They WILL sometimes Explode and that ball will come out like a bullet the size of an iron golf ball. I saw it happen to a co-worker and it hit him in the chest and f***ed him up pretty bad.

what exactly would you be marking? the position to where the sleeve sat in the hole? is it notched to fit in a vcertain way? im to be doing this soon myself but I haven't had a good look on it yet to see anything.

Thanks for watching.

Is this the same procedure on a 1996 Ford F250 pickup truck two wheel drive?

There is a through bolt in the upper ball joint. The bolt was removed as seen in the video. Thanks for watching.

That guy needs a better impact wrench. That should have not taken so long to press out

That is just one. I have done alot with and without heat. I have done big truck , small trucks, cars, mowers , machine King pins and etc. the list goes on. Are you a professional mechanic or a weekend warrior? Either way bud I have not had any problems with using heat.

can you do a video on ford e250 econoline tire alignment.

How long have you been working on cars and trucks? Out of curiosity.

That sleeve on the upper ball joint is for alignment. They make them in different offsets. Be damn sure you put the right one back in or you will need need tires quick. As they come in 5 sizes to set camber. And they do wear out. I seen people replace the upper ball joint and reuse the old sleeve. Still have the same problem. So replace it....

Just wondering what year van this was ? I have to do ball joints on a 2006 E250

How did he do this in the dark?! Helpful video though.

Why are we using such and in significant hammer hey the 4 lv hammer out hit it like a man

GR888888 thanks

Any e250 fly wheel tutorials?

Dam That Shit Won't Come Loose!

do they sell the part with ball joints already in ? or have to go trough all this to replace them? just asking because i need tp replace mine

that impact gun seemed to have a little bit of a hard time with this.

Could have been a good video if you would have provided more light to see, don't do this next to the compressor and if your audio could have been heard. Also someone who knows how to operate a camera .

god that looked easy

U don't need to beat on it wit a hammer they make a fork that separates the ball joint from the knuckle I just did this to a e450 with out heat heats a bad choice !!!!!!!

Would you say these are reliable machines?

I like watching these videos and I don't even have a car 😂😂😂😂😂

Okay try a bigger hammer not that whimp hammer and never heat the axle you will totally destroy the temper and strength of the steel

So many people never oil the threads on their ball joint press tool . All that does is shorten the life of the tool by galling of threads . And an impact gun is a No No .

wear gloves?

Ever used a pickle fork? Could have saved you a half hour

why take the rotor off there is no need to

Bigger hammer...

We struggled almost as much as you did. If anyone needs any help with this job, just ask me and I'll kick you square in the face and run like Hell.

Yikes. Ford probably has the most difficult ball joint set up in the history of automobiles. 😐

Jeessus... lol

U never use heat it weakens the metal that should never b done !!!!! B

I remember that dude from my last KKK meeting.