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Part of the video series: How to Replace a Worn Ball Joint on a Car

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Summary: Learn how to test a ball joint after changing it on a small, front wheel drive car with expert auto mechanic advice in this free car care and repair video clip.

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Nathan McCullough Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal. Nathan has managed sev... read more

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How to Test a Ball Joint

Hi, my name is Nate McCullough on behalf of Expert Village. In these clips we are going to talk about the proper way to remove and replace a front wheel drive vehicle ball joint. In this clip, we are going to talk about the last step of in servicing your ball joint. What I am going to do is step into the passenger compartment of the vehicle and pump the brakes up. We had to compress the caliper pistons in order to get some of the components off. Before you drive the vehicle, you are going to have to pump that piston back up into position. If you don't and you try and stop without pumping it up, you won't have no brakes and you may cause yourself some damage, you'll be in an accident. Just mildly stroke the brake pedal approximately a third of the way down, keep stroking it until it gets extremely hard. Once you've done that right there, it's okay to go ahead and fire the engine and take it for a test drive.

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