Replacing ball joints on a VAZ 2114-2115

With the quality of Russian roads and components supplied to spare parts stores, ball joints on VAZ 2114-2115 cars have to be changed quite often, although there are exceptions, and they travel 50-70 thousand kilometers. You can make a replacement yourself, but you should have all the necessary tools at hand, a complete list of which is given below:

1. jack
2. hammer and blade
3. key 17 and 19
4. heads and ratchets for more convenience
5. special ball joint puller

The first step is to slightly loosen the front wheel bolts and then jack up the front of the car. Now you can remove the wheel, having previously unscrewed all the bolts to the end. It is also advisable to insure yourself and substitute stops under the bottom, as well as put the car on the hand brake.

Next, you can unscrew the nut securing the ball pin of the support to the lever using a regular box wrench, or a head with a knob:

After that, we insert our puller under the rubber band (boot) of the support and unscrew the puller bolt until, from the action of the device lever, the finger pops out of its seat:

After that, it is necessary to unscrew the two bolts securing the ball VAZ 2114-2115 from the top side, as shown in the photo below:

As you can see in the above picture, from the factory it was bolted with TORX-profile bolts, but in the store with a set of supports, there are 17 turnkey bolts in the store. Now the support is almost free for removal. To gain access to dismantling, you can substitute a brick under the brake disc and carefully lower the jack, thereby freeing up space for removal:

Then we take a new ball, remove the boot and be sure to push it inside with grease, such as lithol:

We put the boot in place and replace the support in the reverse order. It can be difficult to install, but with a mount and a lot of effort, you can handle it all. The price of new ball valves for VAZ 2114-2115 fluctuates, depending on the manufacturer, in the region of 300-450 rubles apiece.