306 lower ball joint

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Sun 29 May 2005 20:01
306 lower ball joint - duggie
l need to replace a lower ball joint on a 93' 306 1.4 petrol, the ball joint is riveted into the wishbone arm, do l need to replace the wishbone or do l grind/drill the rivets out and replace just the ball joint? any help please.
Duggie.
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Mon 30 May 2005 00:16
306 lower ball joint - SjB {P}
Looking in my Haynes manual, the lower arm is comprised of two pressings bolted together, with the ball joint sandwiched between them. Haynes stresses that a new balljoint clamp nut and new balljoint securing nuts must be used on reassembly.

The job earns three spanners out of five in the difficulty stakes, with five being the highest.
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Mon 30 May 2005 00:28
306 lower ball joint - TheWhiteCat
Are you sure its riveted. You may well find it is TORX bolts (ie curved allen key design). Three bolts. Need to replace with new nyloc self locking nuts.

Recomend buying Haynes workshop manual - about £16 - as has tightening torque information.

If new suspension arm required then check spanner required - my one was 18 mm which is not common spanner size ( new bolts were the more common 17 or 19 mm )

Navigate to Honest John / Useful web sites / Parts & Accessories / European car parts . . . . for www spares suppliers.
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Mon 30 May 2005 07:38
306 lower ball joint - duggie
The joint is definitely riveted, well it was riveted lve now ground/drilled the rivets out and removed the ball joint, l quess the 306 is an early model 306 and there must have been a change in the design, just hoping in the change over the hole centres were kept the same, that way l can just bolt in a new joint.
Duggie
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Mon 30 May 2005 09:00
306 lower ball joint - RichardW
If the joint is riveted in the arm has been replaced at some time - not surprising since the bushes wear out easily, especially if you thrash it, and a new arm is not that much more expensive than the bushes, and saves all the hassle of changing the bushes. You did well to get the rivets out. I think a new ball joint should fit, but if not, then just stick another (cheap!) arm on.
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RichardW

Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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