Any one replace their lower ball joints?
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^^^ same here... Its not that hard. The only hicup is that you gotta take off the whole cross bar underneath in order to take off the compression rod. Still maybe an hour worth of work if you do it right. No big deal.
riverside infiniti - talk to tony, or search your local junkyards as they will probably give you a good price on used stuff.
My searches have come up dry as far as a replacement piece by itself.
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^^^ same here... Its not that hard. The only hicup is that you gotta take off the whole cross bar underneath in order to take off the compression rod. Still maybe an hour worth of work if you do it right. No big deal.
riverside infiniti - talk to tony, or search your local junkyards as they will probably give you a good price on used stuff.
riverside infiniti - talk to tony, or search your local junkyards as they will probably give you a good price on used stuff.
To the op, I would just buy new compression rods, got both mine shipped for about $427.
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My G35 AWD front end is riding metal to metal sounds like it is ready to fall apart. I'm told by the dealer it's the compression rods. THey want $800 to replace. Anyone know where I can get the rods aftermarket. My from wheel bearing is also gone and I am looking for aftermarket bearing and hub assembly. Can't find the parts? Can anyone help? Bob
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Mesias, are those for where it attaches to the car or where the control arm attaches to the spindle/knuckle? it seems like the lower ball joint that is attached to the knuckle on my car is the one that is torn. but i can't seem to find just that ball joint. i believe it's called a king pin or something.
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I did replace the compression rods with new ones. The lower ball joint I am referring to is not part of the compression rod. It sits underneath.
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My bad... these are for the front lower arm not for the compression rods. Sorry about the confusion.
Riverside Infiniti sells in Ebay the revised bushing that attach the compression rod to the chassis but it says that the ball joint it's not sold separately. It only comes with the whole compression rod. Still, I'm sure I saw a thread here where someone posted the part numbers for the bushing and the ball joint. I'll look for it later and I'll post them here.
Riverside Infiniti sells in Ebay the revised bushing that attach the compression rod to the chassis but it says that the ball joint it's not sold separately. It only comes with the whole compression rod. Still, I'm sure I saw a thread here where someone posted the part numbers for the bushing and the ball joint. I'll look for it later and I'll post them here.
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My G35 AWD front end is riding metal to metal sounds like it is ready to fall apart. I'm told by the dealer it's the compression rods. THey want $800 to replace. Anyone know where I can get the rods aftermarket. My from wheel bearing is also gone and I am looking for aftermarket bearing and hub assembly. Can't find the parts? Can anyone help? Bob
However if you do wanna save some money, just replace the parts yourself... I did it with the help of a friend and it took like 6 hours to do the complete passenger front suspension (knuckle, comp rod, lower control arm, shock/strut, hub, brakes, and the tie rod).. so only doing the comp rods and hub might take 3 hours... if you take a lunch break haha
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Riverside Infiniti sells in Ebay the revised bushing that attach the compression rod to the chassis but it says that the ball joint it's not sold separately. It only comes with the whole compression rod. Still, I'm sure I saw a thread here where someone posted the part numbers for the bushing and the ball joint. I'll look for it later and I'll post them here.