R26 ball joints

EuroCarParts sell the ball joints - although its not showing as available right now - https://www.eurocarparts.com/search/617745145

I did it on the car last time - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=1642751&i=65

 

How are you damaging the rubbers, they go in from underneath, you can cover the rubbers in washing up liquid or similar and they should slide in through the hole.

 

No-one (inc Renault) sells the ball joints separately. But someone smart found out that ones from a specific Espace fitted, which is what these are.

Where did you get your balljoints from?

I didn't have any trouble with mine (or at least, not with the rubber boot).

 

You can take the boot off if you want, the clip is a bit of a twat to get back on but its doable.

 

its all a learning curve hope you get it sorted soon

 

I fitted the Espace ones to mine, got them from a local car factors and they were cheap, there is some part numbers on here somewhere for the Espace ones.

 

These are the ones I fitted from EuroCarParts.

 

Now that looks more like a professional job

 

Just done the second of my arms yesterday (fitting of new ball joints that is). The ones you want from euro car parts are:

https://www.eurocarparts.com/search/617745149

Whilst I had no issues with the rubber splitting, it did need to be carefully coaxed through the wishbone hole. I’d imagine that every brand is slightly different. What I did find though, was that I needed to trim the excess rubber where it poked out from under the lower, large clip. Otherwise, I couldn’t stop it from snagging between ball joint and wishbone. Once trimmed back, all the rubber was free of the interference fit, and I could press the ball joint into position. Needed a hydraulic press for both the removal and refitting mind!


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Naahhh a couple of blocks of wood, a 4lb lump hammer and an old socket