replacing ball joint

[sgc3000000]

Car just failed its mot because of too much play in the ball joint on the tie arm. (front Nearside)

I need to get it fixed today. How easu is it to do on my driveway (i dont have access to a press etc)

I am near a euro car parts.

Cheers
Sam

[Ben_SaxoForte]

I assume you mean the track rod end ball joint when you say on the tie arm? in this case its a pretty simple job just unbolt the track rod end and fit a new one and count the turns when you remove the old one so you can put the new one back in a similar position but you will then need to go and get your tracking sorted.

[DavidKent]

People also call drop links tie arms or some shit like that, ive no idea why... if its one of those the hard bit is usually removing the old one...

[LSOfreak]

ask them what ball joint it is

theres 3, the wishbone, the track rod end or drop link

all 3 can be fairly easily done on your driveway depending on how good you are at mechanics