How to Replace Ball Joint 99-15 Chevy Silverado 1500
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1A Auto shows you how to repair, install, fix, change or replace loose, worn, or creaking ball joints. This video is applicable to the 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Chevy Silverado
00:00 How to Replace Ball Joint Chevy SIlverado
00:39 Remove the Wheel
2:10 Remove the Brake Caliper and Rotor
4:54 Disconnect the Tie Rod End
6:16 Remove the Knuckle
9:43 Remove the Lower Ball Joint
12:59 Install the New Ball Joint
15:48 Reinstall the Knuckle
18:59 Reinstall the Tie Rod
21:21 Reinstall the Brake Rotor and Caliper
22:59 Grease the New Ball Joint if Applicable
23:39 Reinstall the Wheel
This process should be similar on the following vehicles:
2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
🔧 List of tools used:
• 10mm Wrench 1aau.to/oeK/1AXAA00010
• Complete Metric Socket Set 1aau.to/ohE/1AXAA00043
• Ball Joint Press
• Pickle Fork
• 15/16 Inch Socket
• 1/2 Inch Breaker Bar 1aau.to/obk/1AXAA00078
• Ratchet 1aau.to/osF/1AXAA00016
• Socket Extensions 1aau.to/orm/1AXAA00015
• Torque Wrench 1aau.to/okz/1AXAA00044
• Hammer 1aau.to/oeP/1AXAA00091
• Wire Brush 1aau.to/oby/1AXAA00079
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That's amazing. At 15:48, replacing the lower ball joint mysteriously rejuvenates the whole lower control arm. Somehow, it even cleaned itself from all those years of rust and dirt! I'm definitely only buying ball joints from you guys from now on. I've never seen that happen ever before. It's like a miracle!
Dude I noticed that too
To All Installers, ON the top or Lower Ball Joints; You make sure the Ball Joint is tight before You Torque. VERY IIMPORTANT; The Ball Joints are Tapered Fit. NOTE (the tighter you torque the nut, the Tapered Fit will squeeze together) and that Ball Joint MUST BE SEATED TOGETHER BEFORE YOU TORQUE. If You Noticed the Nut turned after He Torqued the Top Nut. That shouldn't Never Happened. Those MUST BE TIGHT. In addition, I Always put A Light Grease or oil on the Stud side of the Ball Joint to make the Metal slide together better. The Light Grease will squeeze out over time, but grease create a slippery joint to fuse the taper joint together. In Addition check the Tapered Wholes for dirt of pieces of Metal in the Whole and clean before you install the Ball Joint. A tapered Joint MUST BE TIGHT BEFORE you torque the Nut. If the Joint is loose it will Wear the Taper Fit and the Frontend will become lose. Over tightening is less damage than under tightening. Dry surfaces will not slide and well as Lubricated joints with lite Grease will fit tighter to the Stud on the Ball Joints.
The way you guys break these into chapters is the best thing ever
At 15:48, there is an attached sway bar link. In the very next frame it's completely gone, only to be nonchalantly reinstalled with no mention of where it went in the first place.
The breaker bar is arguably the most important tool in the shop... Besides ratchet, lift, jack and stands
I had to watch the intro twice because he said that they've been selling auto parts for over 30 years but the subtitles said 20 years. 😆 A-1 Auto tutorials are the best for learning about my 1999 Suburban!
That was cute when you said the tie rod nut had rust
Surface rust if that
Great video. I have a 2011 Gmc sierra 1500 and this is the 4 the time I go to your chanel to get instructions on how to remove and replace parts for it. I'm also a customer of your parts. Thanks for your helpful videos and amazing customer service
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Thank you A-1 Auto for making these instructional videos they have guided me through many projects.
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For some strange reason this video doesn't say 2001 chevy silverado needs a whole new bottom control arm as the original is pressed and can't be replaced
If the lower ball joint has a snap ring on it the ball joint has been replaced. On the factory GM trucks from 07 up the factory lowe ball joints are pressed in and the factory peens the part of the top of the lower ball joint over onto the lower control arms so what you have to do is use a grinder to grind those 4 ears off or what i did was ground all the way around the top of the ball joint then used the ball joint press and it came out no problem remember that this is on the trucks that have the cast iron control arms and not the aluminum ones . I found most of the videos on changing these out usually show the aftermarket ball joint that has the snap ring and not the factory boll joints that are pressed and peened to the lower control arms. If your truck is rusty you cant actually see these 4 ears that get peened over because of the rust so just use a hand held grinder and grind all the way around the top of the ball joint to grind those off and if you dont you won't be able to push the old ball joint out . My truck is a 2009 Silverado 1500 4x4 so of course to change that lower ball joint the whole hub assembly has to come off in order to get a grinder in to grind that peened over factory ball joint . If you look closely that peened part almost looks like a ring on top of the lower ball joint but on mine because its a midwest truck that sees snow and salt i couldn't see these 4 ears so its just easier to grind that small lip or ring off all the way around to then press it out . Hopefully this helps others that dont have the aftermarket replaced lower ball joint that has the snap ring and has the factory ball joint.
My next job, keep the videos coming. Your videos makes it easy for us. Plus I have already ordered a few products from you guys.
+REDSPECK HUNTER Thank you for the great reply. We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day! 1aauto.com
No video for upper ball joint 2001 silverado replace.
Y'all saved me a lot of hassle today. This particular video is on point, thanks guys!
Thank you 1A auto you guys are awesome!
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Hey, great video and very helpful. Love your clean, uncluttered shop. Cheers from South Carolina!
Yall guys always make it easy 👍👍👍👍
You guys are awesome. I was able to DIY everything from the driveway of my home. Thanks guys
Wouldn't that be do it myself?
@@br5747 yeah
You guys are awesome for posting these videos!
Always doing great videos! Thank you
+Nena Magaña Thanks for the feedback!
the first tool you were trying to use on the upper ball joint was upside down my friend, those tools work awesome :) thank you for the video! about to do all the ball joints on my truck and wanted to make sure there was no irregular funny business involved.
That is the lower ball joint.
Excellent walk through
Well done, I think I can handle it, thanks for the help!!👍
Thank you very much. Keep up the amazing work.
Did the lower turn into a new one......magicccc!!!!
Now I am ready for a weekend project with my sister!
That new lower control arm really threw me off for a min haha
The ball joint come with a new castle nut but new control I was like something when wrong
great video and advice,thanks
Good Video the ball joint on the model I have has four factory rivets I'm gonna have to knock out it's not pressed in
Very good explanation, thanks for your video.
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i love buying from you guys
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notices the new one has no grease cert, "those are exactly the same on the bottom" then quickly flips them over. love it
Nice video. I do not know how you stayed so clean and used no profanity. I did learn something by you taking off the caliper bracket and the brake caliper at the same time. Very smart, the thought never occurred to me.
+Richard Smith Thank you for the great reply. We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day! 1aauto.com
the old lower control arm turned into a new lower control arm.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing
And the new rotor turned into an old one at the end.
Thomas Fodel 😂😂😂
Not sure if that's correct since they didn't replace the other 2 bushings.
Did they paint it?
The new arm magically appeared good job 😆
Thanks for this video, explained very well, just the only problem is the price of this tool.
I bought a bunch of parts from these guys, they're the best!!
Looked like removing the hubcap was more of a challenge then anything
Thank you gentlemen.
“Gunna give it a tap” and slams the hammer like 4 times
great video thank you so much!!!
Take it easy, no rushing.
Changed the entire control arm on my 4x4
My 1999 Chevy Silverado has the 3 rivits on the lower ball joint! Either I have to cut the 3 rivets off with an angle grinder or replace the entire control arm!
Yours went a lot easier than mine is going. My upper ball came out of the control arm, and the pickle fork is all the way in the lower joint, and despite a hour of hammering it has yet to come out.
+Derek Eickholtz Thanks for checking us out! You may be able to use some of the techniques shown in this video to help get that removed - czcams.com/video/RbRp8HxQFaI/video.html 1aau.to/m/Shop-1AAuto-c
Was that cup pressing on the rubber boot during install? It appeared the boot was getting compromised.
Mine were particularly stubborn lower ball joint put but on jacked up under ball joint stud then hit pickle fork as hard as I could from behind the wheel towards the front
Great video. Thanks for the time making it. Is it the same process for the top ball joint also?
Would have been nice if it was a 4x4 showing that you have to remove the CV axel as well.
Great video. One question - during the disassembly, the sway bar link was NOT removed but during re-assembly it was re-installed. Is it necessary to remove the sway bar links during this procedure? Thanks
Yes, you need to remove it
I have to do this on my 08. Doesn't look too difficult.
Good job buddy .I ll do It
I have an 03 sierra 4wd and I need a new CV axle while i also replace the lower ball joints. can I take the cv axle off and turn the knuckle where I don’t have to take everything off to press out the ball joint
Yay the better guy
I've done so many of these, I bet I could do one blindfolded quite easily.
Thanks for the video. One thing though--you showed installing the sway bar link, but you didn't show initially removing it.
+Matt Thie Thanks for the feedback!
Reverse of installation.
10:22 on my 03 silverado 1500 4WD used the receiving tube that was too big but my control arm allowed for ~240 degrees of the tube to be under the control arm and sit behind the ball joint under the arm and it worked. This control arm in the video wont allow the tube behind the joint under the arm it seems.
It makes sense for space to remove the caliper and rotor but you really dont need to. Saved me a good 30 minutes on each side by leaving them. Just dont strain the break lines
So what size socket works as a ball joint tool? Got a big c clamp so just need to know what size socket i need. And i didnt need to take stabilizer link out.
On my 2001 Chevy Silverado the control arms were way different. The ball joints were riveted in. The controls arms were formed steel and not cast iron like these.
Save yourself some time and buy new control arms. You will get new bushing and all of the hardware too.
As a guy mentioned below on his '99 with 3 rivets on lower ball joint--my 2000 has 4. My Haynes manual lists a very different procedure: Remove stabilizer bar links and shock, compress coil spring, remove lower control arm, drill out 4 rivets for ball joint, replacement joint comes with nuts and bolts.
So is this procedure for a redesigned replacement lower control arm? If using the stock 2000 arm is there a ball joint replacement for it that bolts in?
You dont have to do all that. I replaced my 99 and mine was pressed but same it's to give you more room for press.
These guys always work on the oldest, rustiest shit I’ve ever seen. But I live in TN and rust isn’t a big problem here.
Try living in Minnesota lol
Can you please list the pry bar in tools list, what length, would be really helpful, Thanks
I got a whole front end kit from you guys cause I had to change my upper ball joints and they fit but the paper with the list says the lower ball joints are for a astro van is this the same or do i have the wrong lower ball joints ? I have 09 silverado 1500
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Thank you. +ICU81 2
In this example the truck was a 2wd and didn’t have the cv axel obstructing the upper ball joint from the torque wrench. In the example of the truck being 4x4 how do you torque the upper ball joint to spec considering the cv axel is in the way?
What size adapter do u use for the ball joint press I have a 99 2wd chevy silverado
CZcams is reading my mind at this point
Why wouldn't you do both upper and lower at the same time? If the bottom is bad what's the likelihood that the top will need replaced soon as well as both sides?
Nice video. what kind of cam are you using?
Thankyou for the tutorial. @15:49 did you rattle can the control arm?
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I used the fittings from autozone and the install I felt like I didn’t have the right fittings.. where can I get the fittings kit that you use for the ball joints install?
I have never seen anyone tighten lugnuts with a 1/2 inch ratchet and socket with the plastic protector on steel rims 😂
I got upper and lower ball joints for a 03 Silverado and on the upper one the boot is loose is that suppose to be that way
1999 and 2000 have 4 factory rivets that even after you cut the tops off wont come out. how do you deal with that?
Did you fix it? I’m running into the 4 rivet thing now... it’s not a through hole from what I can tell like the video shows. It looks like it is some sort of domed cap.
Does the ball joint articulate in all directions or do you need to orientated a particular way?
Can the upper ball joint be replace on a 1999 gmc yukon 2wd or not or the whole arm needs to be replace thank you
Can you guys do video on Neutral safety switch on silverado haha
What’s the most common breaker bar used in auto work?
Whichever ones closest by
My 07 Tahoe does not have the Snap Ring Lower Ball joint and it looks like I have a metal cover on top of it ?? Am I supposed to just pry that off and then press off??
Rolando Morales they have 4 folded lips around the ball joint just chisel them off or grind them off then press ball joint out and press a new one in then install a new snap ring
I replaced my upper control arm and bottom ball joint. Now my steering doesn't return to center after turning. Before I tighten the upper control arm ball joint it is hard to turn the nuckle by hand.
my 08 silverado is at the shop at this very moment, they are replacing the whole lower arm control. the mechanic said they have to replace the whole thing.
+Fabrizzio Rivera Thanks for the feedback!
I have an 06 GMC sierra 1500 that has rivets in the lower arm. could you give me the information on how to remove the rivets?
marlin gustafson from the research I have done, they have to be cut off with a grinder. I’m trying to figure out how to do this as well because the part I’m looking at has the ball joint attached to a plate, and comes with four bolts. Good luck though.
They have a video for that
Did you need to compress the coil springs before removing the ball joints? I have a 2007 chevy express van. I want to change the ball joints. Do I need to compress the springs?
no just make sure the wheel is off the ground, also don't use the control arm to support the vehicle.
Why don't the 1A Auto lower ball joints and outer tie rod ends come with grease fittings? My original parts had them.
thanks
+VideoNash Thanks for checking us out! 1AAuto.com
You showed and commented that your new lower ball joints come with a new castle but installed the ball joint without a castle nut. Was that a locking nut then?
For a 2013 Chevy Tahoe 4WD, is it necessary to remove CV AXLE to replace lower ball joint?
+Tyler Nicholson Yes you would need to remove the axle.
On my truck the ball joints dont have snap rings amd the lower one has the edges folded down, so it seems like it wont come out or its not replaceable.
it's replaceable. Just have done the same kind of
Whats the tool you use to put the ball joint back in?? Thank you
I have a 2008 suburban 4wd needs upper control arm and lower ball joint. Is it going to be the same as this video?
+Matt Warden Thanks for watching. Yes the process will be the same on your vehicle as long as you have stamped steel lower control arms! 1aauto.com
Good morning friend, I could not see the greasing point of the piece. lower stump
I was Watching Lost until i somehow stumbled onto Watching this whole video. I dont need to replace anything on my truck.
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Nothing like the lower ball joint on my 06 Silverado 2wd... This is mostly for early 99-03 GMC or 08+ GM trucks.
+Mike K4ISR Thanks for the feedback!
He sounds like Toby from the office
Lmfaooo
Would this video be used for a 2002 suburban also.
You didn't remove the sway bar link another beginning but you re installed it at the end?
My shop where I go to wants $2100 to do upper an lower ball joints ,is that too much ?
I am working in one of the 2001 Tahoe , both ball joint are struck in the nickel, I can't get it out , even it broke me fork.
So you didn't have the correct size to take it off but you had the right size to put it on. What's up with that?
Did you paint the lower control arm, after you put in balljoint? Or did you have to put in a new lower control arm?
Pretty sure these videos are edited so they can make several videos installing different parts.
There a reason you need to remove the top ball joint to do this job?