Replace a ball joint the easy way on a Toyota Camry | without a ball joint separator tool.

Hey guys in this video I will show you how to separate a lower ball joint on a Toyota Camry from the knuckle without taking the knuckle off the car and without using a ball joint separator. This technique will work with almost any ball joint and outer tie rods. Thanks for watching. Also this was a 2018 car with about 10k miles so it didn’t take much striking force but an older vehicle might require more hits and harder hits but it will still work. Thanks again.

[happyrockAg]

Great job! This is exactly how I was taught and have been doing it this way my whole life, never had any issue. In fact this is also how I would remove an outer tie rod if its going to be reused. My father always said buy tools that will make you money not waste your money

[kkampy]

My daughters 87 Camry uses the same ball joint assy. I am going to be replacing them soon because the boots are shot, joints are still good.

[Dexion]

Nice video, my issue was the cotter pin was nice and stuck too far into the castle nut in order to pull it back out... Thanks to good old Northeastern rust. Which I guess is a safe method. I had to get some cutters from harbor freight and cut them so a socket could fit over the castle nut.
Disconnect the Axle, and the Strut-2-Knuckle bolts/nuts and this job is super easy with a nice impact and a swivel joint. putting in a new ball joint actually stopped my wandering steering action on the Highway and straightened my alignment all on its own.

[stevec]

Lol. Let see how you do it on the original ball joint thats been in there for 10 years. Of course the new part that was just put in will pop right out!

[I-sed-no]

For anyone stuck on this, the ball joint separator I bought from harbor freight ($20) fit in there just fine and was the only thing I could use to get it freed up and removed. Everything else I tried (including what this video is showing) didn't work for me. There's no amount of beating on the knuckle housing that would have worked. When the separator finally broke it free it sounded like something snapped. Very loud bang because the joint was so bound up. The people who are skeptical about this working know why. Some joints don't come apart this easily

[andygray]

The Australian 2005 model has a large dust shield surrounding the axel/wheel bearing that is super close to the lower ball joint castle nut. You can barely get the nut loosened with an open ended spanner but now i am stuck knowing if i can 'torque' it back up sufficiently or even how to measure that i have.
I'd prefer not having to do the full knuckle disassembly and prising out the dust shield, just to get a socket and torque wrench on it.
Do you have any recommendations or tricks to retorque that nut?

Googling says torque to 90 ft-lbs, which i think is 122Nm, which I am guessing is high for an open ended spanner.

[GomJabbar]

Just did a 2002 camry, original ball joint. Thanks

[caciocavalloster]

This saved me!!! Thanks worked like you described!!

[themanimal]

Just throwing this question out there for general knowledge as a non mechanic. Is this the same deal for a 2018 highlander. And do lower ball joints not last more than 50, 000 miles ?

[captainstress]

How do you torque the new castle nut to the correct torque spec then without clearance?

[noproblemhouston.]

Do you know if it's the same for the 2014 Camry?

[sufian]

Thank you so much. That was really helpful.

[Captobvious]

I know this is old but you can definitely use a ball joint separator at least on a 2019 Avalon

[Mohammed-vsfm]

Lol I wish it was so easy in Canada. The rust we get here.. in this situation I had to straight cut the bolt by the CV axle. And hammer it down to remove... A ball joint remover usually don't fit because of the CV axle.

It's a nightmare up here..

[danieltalavera]

Gonna try this on my New Yaris 2005, hope it works. Thanks, good vid.

[peakperformancetrain]

I hope that magic works on a 1995 Avalon on jack stands and also replacing the cv axle and lower control arm.

[videopipeline]

re: "it’s definitely easier than what the manual says to do and that is to remove the axle from the knuckle. Which is unnecessary worK"
Sure, when you're removing the *brand new* high--crown castle nut on a *brand new ball joint.*
The original rusted in-place low-crown castle nut will probably require an impact wrench, or else it rounds off and you'll end up cutting it off, either of which requires knuckle removal.
Some other Toyotas don't have enough clearance between the castle nut & the CV axle stub to fit a box end wrench.

[mrninesixteenth]

Hey Guys, how do you tighten the castle nut to 90ft lbs with the axle still in? Or is it expected to use German Torque? You know, Guten Tight!

[davidr.f]

Nice tip but when I read your description I was shocked to see on a 2018 10000 miles that must be a defect from Factory or they're running that car pretty hard.

[briannakrzyzewski]

What do you do if you accidentally break the knuckle off and you’re left with the ball and no way of getting it out lol. Please help