- Place new ball joint in the freezer
- Jack your car up off of the ground
- Loosen ball joint nut
- Remove wheel
- Pry ball joint up with pry bar from the back side (the side facing the rear of the car) to separate it from the knuckle
- Pull lower arm down and out of the way
- Use vice grips to hold a socket over the ball joint and hit socket with a hammer downward to get it out of the arm
- Heat the metal on the arm where the ball joint will be installed (not red hot, just enough to make it expand)
- Get the ball joint out of the freezer and put it in the arm as quickly as possible
- Put the ball joint back through the knuckle and tighten the ball joint nut
- Install cotter pin and bend around the ball joint stem
- Reinstall wheel
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