306 lower ball joint

duggie · Unread post by **duggie** » 29 May 2005, 23:31

l need to replace the lower ball joint on a 93 306 1.4 petrol, the ball joint is riveted into the wishbone, do l have to replace the wishbone or could l drill/grind the rivets out and replace just the ball joint?
Many thanks.
Duggie

JohnD · Unread post by **JohnD** » 30 May 2005, 00:19

My daughter's 306 has the ball joints bolted with three bolts. Presumably, you can drill the rivets and replace with suitable bolts.

duggie · Unread post by **duggie** » 30 May 2005, 01:08

Hi John, thats what l was thinking, lve just managed to remove the rivets, the newer models must have been fitted with bolts, l'm hoping the replacement ball joint will fit straight in.

tonespeed1999 · Unread post by **tonespeed1999** » 30 May 2005, 16:17

a bolt on ball joint will fit.grind off the rivet heads with an angle grinder,knock out the remainder of the rivets,the new ball joint will just slot in and use the new bolts supplied with the ball joint.