i have a 95 f150 4x4 and i need some advice on replacing my upper and lower ball joints on passenger side

 

Just general advice, or anything in particular?

Spray some PB Blaster, let it sit, loosens things up, some people have some issues. They can be a real b*tch! to get out sometimes. Don't be afraid to break out a torch and a sledge if you need to, just don't damage the knuckle. You may as well check your u-joints while everything's off.

 

im to the point to where i have to get the nut off the lower ball joint but the axle shaft is in the way

 

Turn the knuckle around a bit and see if you can find a better angle. If not, you can always grind it off if you're careful about it. I cant remember how my knuckle was facing, but that wasn't a problem...

 

thats what im thinking bout doing i need to replace the u joint that attahces the shaft to the spindle so im probably gonna cut the u joint apart and then turn the nut off the ball joint

 

i have another question how do i go about knocking the old ball joints out and installing the new ones

 

Something like this:

 

Well, I think part of the problem may be that the axle shaft has to come out. Don't see how you'd get that nut off with it in there. No need to cut it off. Also do have have ABS? the sensor needs to come out also. If you don't remove the axle shaft you can't hit the knuckle down to get it off the truck

 

i got the u-joints removed from the axle by cutting the u-joint apart then knocking the cups out now i just have to get the lower ball joing removed from the steering knuckle

 

got the ball joints replaced and everything back together