Gotta do just that next week....thanks for the reassurance

Great work.. This just answered The main Questions we all have. Hat tip to you sir.. Thank you.. Now lets get to work..

Thank you very much, excellent video!

I just did it today without viewing your video exactly the same way Anyway very helpful lesson for someone who is doing for the first time 👍👍👍👍

Super work lower arm good sir

After drilling a pocket into the rivet, my air tool would not knock out the bottom half. After a lot of frustration, I got out my Hilti 350 gun, put in a piece of iron rod just a bit longer than the length required to activate the firing plunger, picked out the lowest Hilti shot (I had green grade) and fired that pin into that drill hole. For "safety" I put a heavy foam mat between me and where I was shooting. That rivet was no match for that process and 3 shots later the ball joint was free. Certainly not for everyone but it sure did the job quick and effectively.

Don't do this. Because the car is now old you can pick up the whole arm assembly for about $10 more than the ball joint. You'll end up damaging the arm with the grinder - then you wont be able to get the rivets out - unless you're some kind of engineering god..and even then the effort and pain isnt worth the saving - esp as youll need to take the arm off anyway to have any chance of doing this and retaining your sanity. This guy makes it look easy with edits and the fact he prob does this stuff daily. Honestly just replace the arm - Ive been there

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DUDE, you are the CRAZY, that I have EVER SEEN, TO REMOVE A SIMPLE BALL, I WOULD NEVER DO IT YOUR WAY, WOWWWWWWWW

great video!!!!

Not a bad job like the way to made it more accessible by dropping control arm, more work but hey if it does the job then why not 👍👍👍

Thank you bro

Any idea if the bolt sizes used? Our kit didn't come with bolts.

How well did this hold up? Found a set on Amazon for 25 and it'll be a lot cheaper than replacing the entire arm for 75

Use next time diesel fuel to drill it works wonders , better than water and oil if have try it and the drill bits last longer

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I believe the locknuts would be better positioned on TOP of the control arms with the bolts feeding from below.

What drill bit size was that

Also a critique of the video I would put the nuts and bolts the other way round - gives them better weather protection and gravity helps the nuts stay in place

Currently in the middle of this job and the rivets are refusing to come out, I drilled through the entire rivet and tried again and have gotten minimal movement. Guess I have to drill the rivets out.

some people like me would just change the control arm. for me its less work less tools oem parts only for me

What a mess , + u gotta remove the hub assy, takes more time, may as well replace the wishbone àt least you'll have new bushes. Hope you painted over the grind marks so they don't rust.

Never worth arsing around with: false economy...for a little more money (£58.00 the pair) replace the whole arm/wishbone. Just did the same job on my 2006 C-max....dead easy.

I unfortunately made the holes too sloppy drivers side so now just replacing both control arms

I didn't know Jurgen klopp was a mechanic

It's cheaper and easier to replace the full arm. The bushes will be gone in the arm by the time the ball joint gets much use

I ground the top of the rivets off then knocked the joint off, job done. Can't see why you need to drill it out and risk damaging the arm? And you do the joint because a new arm is loads more expensive and these cars are not worth the money!

I do not recommend the Moog pinch bolt , use a Ford oem bolt , they are $4 at Ford

If you don't have the air chisel or the angle grinder or the proper drill bits or the proper drill. Then just undo the sway bar link, the rotor, breaks, caliper and lower ball joint. Then simply remove the lower control arm and buy another control arm with ball joint already attached and greased. It will save you lots of time, plus it will have new control arm bushings which the vehicle probably needs anyways plus it will be guaranteed for life. You'll pay around 80 bucks more but I guarantee you'll be thanking my ass if you read this comment before you start this project. Just make sure you have the proper sockets for the nuts. Universal socket adapters and wrenches. 3/8" My lower ball joint required a T50 torx.

this is so stupid my rivitelsnon my 08 focus WILL NOT COME OUT! I FEEL LIKE IVE PRAVTICALLY destroyed my control arm in the process, did it exactly like this an they won't budge:(

Trust me, on a Mondeo mk3 this is quicker! .

Some people are going to die because they are going to botch it worse than you have. They will grind too much or crack the arm. Suddenly they find themselves veering hard left or right into other cars or the central reservation on the freeway. Maybe do a video on ‘correctly replacing the ball joint ‘Part’ (all of it it comes with) they cost like $20 a side brand spanking new from an oe part

easier just to replace the control arm and quicker

let me tell you something else the bushings go bad in the arms so when you get done with all that work and a bushing goes bad then you have to change it anyway listen to the pros who do this every day this is the hack way

just change the arm out there not that pricey. better hope you do a good job or it wont work right and you will need to replace it anyway i have done so many control arm replacements this is a waste of time and so much more work there are so many good videos on replacing the control arms on the focus . I have been working on the focus since 2004

Seriously weakened that bottom arm ,they are fragile enough !.

A "real man" would heat up his forge and beat some rivets back in................LOL

This is what is called a botch job. The official Ford service manual, as well as the Haynes/Chilton clearly state that separate replacement of the front ball joint is not to be performed and is potentially dangerous. If the ball joints need replacement in the Focus you are supposed to replace the entire lower control arm assembly, not what is shown here.