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How to Replace Upper Ball Joints on your VW Beetle BuG

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  • čas přidán 30. 11. 2022
  • Hey Guys,
    Quick tip here on installing upper ball joints on your Classic Vintage VW Beetle Bug, Ghia, Thing, Type 2, Type 3 Etc
    Pops drops some language in this video, so just a heads up.
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Komentáře • 38

  • @classicvwbugs
    @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +3

    Hey Guys,
    Quick tip here on installing upper ball joints on your Classic Vintage VW Beetle Bug, Ghia, Thing, Type 2, Type 3 Etc
    Pops drops some language in this video, so just a heads up.

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 Před rokem +1

      Now worries Chris! It’s a guy’s thing, you know? Sort of like The Three Stooges….😂🤣

    • @classicvwbugs
      @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +2

      @@vayabroder729 haha yeah, for sure!

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson7346 Před rokem +3

    Chris I have to tell you a story about the ball joints on my 67 bug. In 1983 I was camping in Yosemite, and driving home I drove through those canyons like a at of of hell. Some of the drops were almost a mile deep to the river. Nice drive.
    The next day I was driving in San Francisco for some reason. I made a left turn and my left front ball joint broke and the wheel collapsed into the wheel well, and made me make a sharp left turn into the curb.
    Somebody up there likes me.
    If that had happened just 24 hours earlier I would not be writing this.

  • @pawleymediaconsultantsllc5

    Perfect timing !! I need to do Ball Joints on my 71 Beetle. PLEASE do the Lower Ball Joints as WELL !! :)

  • @MrGarcon98
    @MrGarcon98 Před 10 měsíci

    hey dad lol ,,,,i am 70 years of age ,,,,,this is how we did it ,,,,,,and it works LOL,,,,,,now the bottom one thanks guys and they are directional ball joints ,,,very important

  • @martialthielen7675
    @martialthielen7675 Před rokem

    Very nice job 👍 thank you for the video.🇲🇫

  • @jimstewart6145
    @jimstewart6145 Před rokem +2

    nice job.

  • @anoboa69
    @anoboa69 Před rokem

    I love the old school mechanics way of doing things…

  • @brianchisnell1548
    @brianchisnell1548 Před rokem +2

    A guy just helped me with '64 king pins. Glad that is done. Grease every time I do oil changes 'till I die!!!
    Hey Chris, who makes the Best window rubber??

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 Před rokem

      West Coast Metric; they’ve been doing it for a long time and Made in the USA

    • @dog01b52
      @dog01b52 Před rokem +1

      He cannot grease them, lol, the replacement have no grease fittings. I would have looked for a replacement with the zerk fitting, or maybe drilled and tapped a hole for one. Probably Just me, I like being able to grease the joints.

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 Před rokem

      @@dog01b52 Sure thing; some people do that; tap them and add the Zerk fittings. Great idea too.

    • @classicvwbugs
      @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +1

      WCM or get some German seals with the molded corners from any of the VW shops online.

    • @brianchisnell1548
      @brianchisnell1548 Před rokem +1

      @@vayabroder729 Thanks bud!!

  • @lpz3665
    @lpz3665 Před 5 měsíci

    I love his dad . Wtf does it look like I'm doing. 👍

  • @benkanobe7500
    @benkanobe7500 Před 8 měsíci

    Do the arms only index in one way as I noticed they were not marked before removal from the front end?

  • @vayabroder729
    @vayabroder729 Před rokem

    Is that the AC Industries disc brake kit? It’s what I have on my car and I love it.

  • @vcamps88
    @vcamps88 Před 10 měsíci

    Do both upper and lower notches face 90 degrees to portion that goes inside of the beam? My drivers upper was facing the outer bump out of the arm so I put it back like that but now I'm curious if it was installed incorrectly.

  • @rippenbug
    @rippenbug Před rokem +2

    How did you keep track of drivers side vs. Passenger side eccentric when the machine shop took them apart?🙂

    • @classicvwbugs
      @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +2

      there are marks on the arm that the shop has to line the new ball joint up with.

  • @chrisros6215
    @chrisros6215 Před rokem +1

    Hi Chris love the videos I have been using them to help me with my 65 bug. But I have a question for you my front end is kind of messed and need to replace the sheet metal nose clip seems like the bumper was used more then once to stop the car. I just a regular guy so money is not plentiful could you recommend a company I can use that is not complete junk. Thanks for any help you can give me.

    • @classicvwbugs
      @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +1

      You need the whole front clip or just the apron?

  • @GLMracing
    @GLMracing Před rokem

    Sad to see no new grease fittings in the new ball joints, I drill and tap, just to give them a longer life. New ball joints don't even have a teaspoon of grease in them, you'd see if you remove the boots before installing the ball joints into the arms

  • @gerardobarajas4254
    @gerardobarajas4254 Před 5 měsíci

    Hello,
    How do you fix the level of the tire?

  • @anoboa69
    @anoboa69 Před rokem

    So what he did say now?😂. Pops is the best!!

  • @paulcathey5953
    @paulcathey5953 Před 10 dny

    So the tip for doing this is take it to a shop?

  • @duffysullivan2794
    @duffysullivan2794 Před rokem

    The procedure is in John Muir's book. That is where your dad learned how to do it!

    • @classicvwbugs
      @classicvwbugs  Před rokem +1

      And yes I stated that at the end of the video.

    • @duffysullivan2794
      @duffysullivan2794 Před rokem

      @@classicvwbugs Oh mentioned that? I didn't catch it. I was just assuming 😊

  • @steveafanador6441
    @steveafanador6441 Před rokem +2

    Damn those are a pain in the ass. 😮😮

    • @chrisfreemesser5707
      @chrisfreemesser5707 Před rokem

      Not really...I did the upper and lower ball joints on my '68 last summer and they weren't hard at all. Pressing in/out the ball joints from the arms is tricky though..a job best left to a pro

  • @chrisfreemesser5707
    @chrisfreemesser5707 Před rokem

    25 cents in the swear jar POPS 🤣

  • @robinmoody7016
    @robinmoody7016 Před rokem

    Seriously? A machine shop?

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 Před rokem

      machine shops generally have presses.