And the C5. Mine failed the MOT just before Christmas and I had to do the job in the road. I had the correct castellated socket and hoped that a rattle gun would take it out. No chance of course, not even with a blowtorch heating the area. I tried using my breaker bar would the hub was floating around too much and there was no resistance to work against.Mandrake wrote:I am coming to the conclusion that an impact driver may not be the best tool for the job for the Xantia's lower balljoint...
So, in the end I bit the bullet and took the complete hub off. I took it round to my brother's where we could mount it in a vice and then use his oxy-propane torch. It took the torch and my breaker bar with my five foot gas pipe extension to get it loose. And even then I had to put my considerable bulk on the pipe.
Once it was off a quick spruce up with a wire brush, some Copaslip on the threads and the new one went in easily. The most difficult thing then was the heat shield which no longer was a tight fit round the joint. It still rattles a bit now.