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All About Ball Joints

Part 1

n this article, I’ll be talking all about the ball joints on every model, except for the Super Beetle because we’ve gone over that in a different article. I had an older gentleman with a Bus that wanted to replace his ball joints and it had me thinkin’: “From 1968 to ’79, it’s a pain in the a** to replace the ball joints.” Figured, I ought to share exactly how I go about it in case you’re thinking about tackling this job yourself. I’ll be going over the removal and install, we’ll get into how to take the arms off with the ball joints in the arm and the tool that will replace the ball joints with the arms on the car. Although, I’ve never used it, and

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