Removing the lower ball joint

[Richie-Van-GTi 73 2 Cars]

Has anyone successfully removed the lower ball joint from their wishbone without knackering the arm? I have some brand new delphi arms, the correct shape ones and I would like to get the ball joints out if possible.

Looking into making an insert to accept downward facing ball joints (406 style)

 

[SRDT 184]

Machine/grind/chisel the rolled lip at the bottom:

[stef205 92 1 Cars]

Years ago we pressed one out, then milled the casting to take a 106 ball joint. Alot of effort and time for what it was worth. 

[welshpug 1,662]

I have seen them modified to accept a spherical bearing,  aftermarket castings are better for this as they have more meat.

[X-mo 20 2 Cars]

Stumbled across this thread and ended up searching the forum for some pictures / part number of a possible replacement ball joint.

Unfortunately what comes closest was this thread from 2013:

 

 

As I saw, @cybernck was able to only change the ball joint. Is there any part number / dimensions on this replacement?

Have a lot of old wishbones here and I don't want to buy chinese junk if there is way to replace the joint only.

 

[DamirGTI 343]

There's no "replacement" ball joint for 205/309 Gti wishbones .

 

You need machinist for ball joint reconditioning , they usually reuse the ball (if good no rust/pitting) and just make another PTFE plastic cup (the part which wears) new dust boot , add some grease and grease nipple and close up the joint (there's a few ways around doing that , no welding needed)

 

We have here one good old machinist who does them for us when needed .

 

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[SRDT 184]

You could cut open a 106 bal joint to use the internals but it may not be a 100% match depending of the make.