14 or 16mm ball joints

[mandblang]

I need to order some ball joints for my 2002 v8 LS. How can I can tell (before I tear it apart) if I need 14 or 16mm ball joints? Did they change by year?

Thanks!

 

[oandtmaster]

try the team ford link...

 

[rickztahone]

try Max at five star ford ------->
he'll run your vin and tell you canexactly what you need. he will give you a great price on them as well. you can also do what other members have chosen to do and that is to just buy the ball joint and have a shop press it in

 

[mandblang]

Thanks for the replies. I am planning on just replacing the ball joints. I just wanted to make sure I order the right size.

 

[rainjacks]

I don't know if Max will be able to help you. The ford information will only have the part that includes the entire knuckle. fbird knows all about it. . .

I thought this was a pretty well known fix by now...

I replaced both of my lower ball joints last summer. I bought just the ball joints from Euromarque (I got them on ebay) for $65 each. Then I took the arm assemblies out and brought those to a small shop and they pressed out the old ball joints and pressed in the new ones for only $20 a side. It was all pretty easy and only cost me about $170. And they are going strong still.