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can you do this without jacking up the car and taking the tire off? i dont have access to a jack stand.. just the jack that comes with the car

Many, many thanks for pointing this out. The Lemforder replacement ones I have helpfully have flats on the ball joint side but the OE ones fitted don't, as here. I cut the lower nut off the OSF link but the NSF one requires left-handed access so it didn't get done. (Mazda3 - Focus 2 derivative.) Edit: I've had a play with the one removed and now see how to do it on the Mazda3 (BK). The plastic bearing cups are held in by four riveted-over bits at the base. Remove these and the cup pulls out of the drop link end. The cup can then be persuaded to pop of the ball, which is soft enough for a self-grip wrench to get a good purchase on.

Thank you. I used this method for a 2012 honda jazz. Before, I always used to use a long nose locking pliers on the boot of the ball joint, and invariably it would spin. Your method much better. Thanks for sharing

I need to try this on the weekend as I cannot get them off my van for toffee. The allen key design is such a dogshit design

The casing of my swaybar links are metal. They don't pop out that easily, I tried different ways. Going to try a nut splitter.

No way the average locking pliers will bite into that hardened droplink balljoint. Just airgrind or battery grinder it off.

I've got the rover mini mpi oil and volt gauges coming. Do you know where I buy the kits to hook them up?

Omg 🤦‍♂️ ur a genius. Wasted hours of my life on these😢

Your not going to get a branded 400Nm impact wrench kit that is brushless for £90

Tried and tested

The language is English ?

Too late, I already put the angle grinder to it! Thanks!

Out of all of the videos I've watched for this project, none of them involved popping off the ball joint! THANK YOU!!!

Excellent video, simple solution, thanks for making it!

You didnt remove it bro you destroyed it lol

thankk you so much!!!

Reading the transcript for this is hilarious. 😂😂😂 Great tip though as I’ve had a pig of a day getting mine free 👍🏽

I had a problem where the nut loosened no problem but got caught in the thread halfway out, then seized. Angle grinder did the trick I just split the nut half way and off it came. Wouldn't recommend doing the job without an angle grinder on standby.

Can't you use a impact wrench?

Why didn't I see this yesterday? 😂Thanks

Well done, thanks for taking the time to create the video.

It doesn't work if the ball joint is well made (in my case Volvo) and there is no way it will pop out. Mole grips won't hold on the round shape surface so I'm struggling to imagine how it is supposed to work. I tried and it just spins. Used angle grinder instead and I cut it off :)

useful video

Got one it's not as good as my ryobi one

Nice job jimmy 😀

Hi would you be able to do this on any popular vehicle with drop links

I paid £55 for one this year. It came with spare brushes.

Great video on how to solve a very common problem! Cheers 🙂

Hi mate definitely interested in buying one of these impacts yes I understand there no milwaukee lol but it would be perfect for my job just doing the light bit of DIY mechanics , just wondering any update on the gun how has it been for you has it struggled much , would u recover the purchase or should I hold out and purchase something eles thanks mate .

great video, you have just got me out of a pickle, thanks man

Nice vid bud, probably going to give this a punt

Both mine where spinning nae chance they where coming off, tried to do it when on night shift at 2am when the boss wasn't looking. Great tip, gonnae dae them in the morning. Cheers

Wow, that is comprehensive and has really informed me as to what to expect. I will need loads of water and buckets to flush the T reg fiesta tomorrow. Thank you for making this video.

I’ve had GPI radiators on my Honda Cr125 dirt bike for about 6 years now. Takes a lot of abuse off-road and have taken some spills with them. They have held up great so far. Seem to be a great brand for radiators

Couple of questions: With your air box replacement, you are no longer running the air pre-warmer connection off the exhaust header. Won't that delay or prevent proper fuel settings from your ECU during colder weather? What about MOT testing concerns? I thought the SPI cars have the pressure pump within the fuel tank? So that pre-filter off a tractor needs to be able to handle the high pressure from the pump correct? Not sure why two filters are needed.

Hi mate. I need to buy an impact wrench but can't stretch to a pro or even semi-pro one. This one got good reviews on auto express - it came 5th. In your vid you say its decent but your review on ebay says it struggles. What's your thoughts now you've had it for a while?

This looks amazing, but my grips are bending with the strain and I just can't get the ball joint to pop off. Is there something specific about the angle, or where the grips go that I may be missing, please?

How did it hold up?

Canny Scott.... top job

I'll be doing a similar install soon. Also with the plastic pipe. Thinking to use some electrical flex conduit over the pipe, or perhaps a length of small diameter rubber hose to better protect the plastic.

Or you could buy a Fan switch for classic mini spi aluminium radiators m22 05 mm Pitch from mini spares www.minispares.com/product/classic/C-ARA4445.aspx

Good luck with it . Looks good nice car

Looks like a good buy that.

Good video 😎 Are you sure it's not a fake I bought a DeWalt fake😱

Mini spares do a srew in thermostat switch for the bottom of the radiator. It does fit as I have a Chinese rad just like yours

Have you got a link to where you bought the 3 dials?

That's excellent video.

Hi mate, love the video’s. Really handy to know. Im tempted as my Mini MPI only has the clock in the middle of the dash. What do you think is better the volts or the amp gauge?

Sweet W124! I love old school Benzes!

What’s the air filter ?