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My rear right HICAS arm ball joint is stuffed and has lots of play, I have bought a replacement and had a shot at replacing it tonight but got stuck.

Basically I jacked the vehicle up popped the boot off the ball joint and got the shifter on the flat sides of it. Took a bit of a wrench but it cracked and I sat there turning it for ages. It was tight so I assumed I was undoing it but after 10 minutes it didn't seem to have really moved. Am I doing it wrong or is the pressure of the wheel holding the rod in there and there a trick to getting it undone?

Cheers :P

Edited by Rolls
what is the other side joint doing?? , i vaguely remember having to hold one side whilst i loosened the other (feel free to correct me if i'm wrong , it's been a while)

This is what I considered but a friend of mine who had done it on a R33 said I should only need one shifter, unless of course R32s are substantially different.

I didn't take the boot off the other one though so I couldn't see if it was spinning, will check that first if no one else has any other tips by tomorrow.

Thanks.

All good I got a mate to come around with his rattle gun and we figured it out.

Was correct assuming that you the rack is a solid bar that spins, so I have to use two shifters, one to lock the other side and undo it that way.

Car drives much better now without the rear end shaking, also means I should pass regency with no hassle.

Thanks for the comments anyway!

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