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VW T1 Ball Joints Lower ???

Dear All,

i find there are 2 differents lower ball joint for my beetle. one is punch from the top and the other one is assembled through bottom.

1/can i fit either one? 2/can they interchange?

thanks for your help Godzilla 1500cc 1970 Beetle

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yellow godzilla
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Gary

Thanks Gary,

I mean just the lower ball joint, i find there are 2 types. 2 different assembling construction. but it seems interchanged.

one is punch from top and the other through from the bottom.

thanks Y.Godzilla

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yellow godzilla

I just replaced my ball joints, and the bottoms should both go in the same way. As for the direction, I will have to look at mine to say for sure.

OK, I just went to my page and looked at the lower control arm and the ball joint should install from the bottom up through the arm.

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Look at the pics where I am removing the sway bar clips and you can see the ball joint up close. The lower ball joint was the biggest PITA to press out and back in.

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TerryB

Thanks Terry,

it is bottom up through the arm. Now i just dun get it why i order from CLP1 amd mentioned lower ball joint and they shipped me mounted from top. Now i am just wondering whether i could still fit this one in or i have to re-order it. Just wonder whether they are function the same.

Y.Godzilla

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yellow godzilla

After looking in few books and at mine, There seem to be two versions. on my car they are pressed in from the top. and in one book I have states this/ and the problem with them unseating in offroad use. but in another book, with an exploded veiw, it shows them pressed from the bottom. Pressed from the bottom is a better deal because it helps keep the joint in its seat better. VW might have made a change in the later years, my current arms are off a 68' but my last set on the car was roughly 72-73' and those I rember pressing from the bottom (but I can't remeber what the OG ones I pressed out were). As far as I know, the arms never changed though. Mark Detro Englewood, FL

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Mark Detro

I have a 75' and a 69" beam and they are the same on both. Top arms press in from the bottom and the bottom ones press in by passing boot side of joint through arm first. I had mine pressed in and had to exhibit this to the press operator. BTW the top joint's housing is smaller so they can only go in the top arm.

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69 ground up

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