Ball joint broke car hit ground wont crank - 1997 Ford Crown Victoria

You have to put lever on joint,and pry it outward at the same time hit with hammer where joint is entered

While driving down the road, if when you hit a bump, and your car's front end seems to shake or your steering wheel shakes from the bump; that is a good sign to have your ball joints looked at.

What are some of the symptoms that you are experiencing?

No Ball Joint replacement would cause that

The ball joint is in the steering knuckle & you only
remove that & nothing to do with the coil over
suspension.
Need more on what was done

I have a 2004 LS

use a ball joint fork,or hit the knuckle close around the ball joint stud,do not hit the ball joint,or the stud,knock the doo doo out of it with a heavy hammer,all around the stud of the ball joint,be sure to hit it several times,it will jar the ball joint loose.

hi, have you tried using a ball joint splitter these can be brought for next to nothing and should do the job, if how ever you have tried one of these then the only other option would be to hit the hub where the ball joint goes into to shock it out you will need a big hammer to do this like a small lump hammer then if you keep giving the hub a hard hit just at the side where the ball joint is this should then shock it out and then it should just fall out.

If there is no other damage aside from the outer CV joint being out.

1. Jack car up and support on jack stand on the affected side.
2. Remove wheel
3. Remove center hub nut
4. Turn wheels all the way to one side or the other. This is to gain access to the lower ball joint. One way will be easier than the other depending on how the bolt is installed.
5. Remove lower ball joint bolt and nut
6. Separate the ball joint by using a large pry bar or pipe to push the control arm down and hit side of joint with hammer.
7. Once joint has released pry down to free control arm from ball joint shaft.
8. Now tap the outer cv joint part still trapped in the hub out
9. Remove remaining axle from transmission by using a pry bar to pry it out of the transmission.
10. Reinstall new axle into transmission and then start into hub. Make sure to shove axle firmly into transmission so as to get past the C-clip lock.
11. Pry lower control arm down to allow the ball joint to be reassembled. Slip ball joint shaft back into control arm.
12. Reinstall bolt and nut
13. Install hub nut
14. Install wheel

Could be alot of things like worn out bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, radius arm bushings(which is common) you should have this checked out before it gets worse and cost alot more to fix what could be an easy, inexpensive job.

first you will need to buy a ball joint press. first jackup and place jack stand under oneside of jimmy1).remove the tire.2)remove caliper and pads and rotor.3) remove cotter pin out of nut for tie rod end then remove nut. 4) loosen tie rod end from knuckle donot split greese boot or hit top of stud as this will damage it.5)remove axle nut and push back axle may be frozen in hub.6) remove both cotter pin and nuts on ball joints then spin on bottom nut a couple threads as no thave knuckle fall to the ground.7)loosen ball joint from knuckle and remove knuckle.8) remove ball joints with press or by rmoving rivits install in reverse procedure

HAVE YOU CHECKED THE BALL JOINTS ? jack it up and raise one of the wheels off the ground putting a bar under the tire raise and lower the bar to see if there is movemement in the ball joint..

make sure your new shocks(bolts) are cranked down tight. i left one slightly loose, and it knocked like the bad ball joint i already changed.