Didn’t see THAT coming! Escalated Quickly! Ford Mustang Ball Joints

50 thoughts on “Didn’t see THAT coming! Escalated Quickly! Ford Mustang Ball Joints”

1. i would of just changed the entire lower A frame

2. How mad is the next guy to do this going to be? They will have to clean your welds off or replace the control arm.

3. I would replace the control arm or check to see if I had the correct ball joints.

4. Why are you welding ball joints? If the hole in the control arm is too big it should probably be replaced.

5. To avoid jumping when something pops loose try to not anticipate it.

6. You called it purpley. A friend of mine's mother taught art for decades. She would fail students for calling violet purple. The spectrum doesn't include purple. Instead it has violet.

7. I thought you said that this application doesn't use cotter keys.

8. Wrenches get stuck when it's not the right size.

9. Welding is not normal for ball joints.

10. Stop and go traffic? You say it should be go and stop? Saying that in order to stop you have to go first. I think that stop and go is the proper order because you have to stop before you can go.

11. Wtf u welded a ball joint •_*

12. I always meant to measure the actual force applied to a ball joint by a ball joint press. I thought I might plot a graph of the most reluctant ball joint ever.

13. Wow – what's the average for this type of job?

14. Question: Ironman brand tires? 😬

15. Learned some good stuff! Thanks for not speeding up where it was important for you to explain what the issue was. How long should it take a shop to replace both control arms that have an attatched ball joint? ….for my 03 Mustang GT. I’m guessing 45 minutes per side?

16. I am really surprised that on some things you take the steps to ensure mating surfaces are clean so it bonds properly. But everytime you weld, you never clean the surface first. A wire brush, flap wheel or the ziz wheel would help you get a better weld and look better, you can even grind it after to make it look a little better. I honestly wish you would work on that part of your skillset. But I also agree with others, most shops would not have touched that unless the owner put new lower control arms in it.

17. Ray your a butcher like the last guy was find a new trade!!

18. I can't believe your not replacing that lower control arm glad its not my car!!

19. who welds a ball joint? who taught you that? Joke right?

20. High degree of probability that two lower ball joints have been sentenced to early failure.

21. Bro did not tac them ball joints 😂

22. That's some shady shit welding in the ball joint don't be a cheap shit tell the owner and get a new a frame do it right.

23. Ray is the Penultimate Professor of Problematic Predictions Pertaining to Power and Performance…..

24. I'm a DIY'er and one of the experienced mechanic showed me Screwdriver simple technique to push the caliper pistons back by shoving the screwdriver inside the disk and slowly applying pressure. Simple and effective technique with out needing any compression tools. Tips of the trade.. 🙂

25. I wonder what happens to the greese inside the ball joint with the welded heat. Does it disintegrate and become useless ?

26. I put a block of wood under ball joint on top of jackstand, and hit control arm to seat them.

27. That's what happens when you make control arms out of thin metal moden cars are shit

28. snap ring ? blow off all the junk ? come on Ray .

29. The Clickage is infectious, each time we get in the car now I hear " safety click" from the passenger seat as my partner puts the seat belt into its gate.

30. I am perplexed. I was watching this video on my laptop, but can't find anywhere to leave comments. I had to find it on my phone to leave a comment.

31. You must be careful with your use of brake kleen. I would hate to see your shop go up in smoke.

32. Try Napa.

33. Did you know that they make oversize ball joints for Ford – Mercury?

34. Another very well done job glad that ball joint fit snug

35. Just b/c I want to know – – – how does the next guy change the ball joints?

36. Did anyone notice the odometer had 214 thousand miles on it. I can honestly say I've never seen anyone weld a ball joint in a control arm.

37. "New doesn't mean good, it's just not used" wiser word's my friend

38. like a Jack in the box. Terrorized more kids

39. I like what you do man, and I know this video is old and plenty of folks have said it. But lower control arms are cheap. Welding ball joints is nothing but lipstick on a pig.

40. NO NO NO Ray. Disgraceful job.

41. just asking you lubed the lower slide pin and the top bolt but not the top slide pin any reason

42. Rustang

43. 2:21 i used that same tool trying to get my tie rod end off, lets just say the tie rod won the battle and broke the tool sending a chuck of metal flying at a high rate of speed suprised it didn't hit me..

44. I used that same ball joint separator just yesterday, best $20 I ever spent at HF.

45. Yeesh, get a press. Chisel is the best way to destroy that new ball-joint. Guess you didn't take that ASE certification class on suspension. If I see a mech do this to my car, my steel toed boot would be put to good use. Boot him outta the shop gents.

46. Is pause and gather yourself code for flipping out and cussing 😂

47. Why, since he takes care of his car, did he have the cheap weld?

48. Ray, if you clean the area that you are trying to weld,things would go much better 😊.

49. Only a Ford would require ball joints being welded in. All that money and effort on that generation of Mustang; what a waste.

50. See if I can, not see if I can’t. 👍🏻

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