OEM 2009 Dodge Journey Ball Joint

2009 Dodge Journey Ball Joint Parts and Q&A

• Q: How to Remove the Front Suspension Lower Ball Joint on 2009 Dodge Journey?

  A: Raise and support your car and then remove the steering mounting bolts and take off the tire and wheel. When someone holds the brakes down on your car, remove the hub nut from your axle half shaft. After that, take off and remove the front brake rotor. Distach the routing clip holding the wheel speed sensor cable to the knuckle, unscrew the sensor head and pull it out. Get rid of the nut that keeps the lower ball joint connected to the lower control arm, then press the Remover 9360 up against the lower ball joint to free it from the arm, before lifting the knuckle. Continue to place the knuckle under the control arm so that the half shaft keeps the inner C/V joint together. Take off the side vice knuckle from the axle half shaft outer C/V joint splines by supporting the half shaft beneath it. Take the drift punch and tap the ends of the snap-ring through the knuckle opening to remove it from the ball joint. Put Remover 9964-3 and Remover 9964-4 on Special Tool 8441-1 and lay the tools on the ball joint, after which tighten the screw-drive with your hands. In the end, fasten the screw-drive with your hands to force the ball joint out of the knuckle, loosen the drive and take off the ball joint and the tools used.