So on the 850 the ball joints are molded into the lower control arm.  Replacing the balljoint is as simple as removing the balljint clamp bolt, then the two control-arm-to-subframe bolts.

I got the old balljint stem half way out and then went to work on the control arm bolts.  Last thing I wanted was not to be able to put it back together if I couldn’t undo any other bolts.  I got the rear bolt loose and almost gave up before finally getting the forward bolt loose.  There’s 120˚+ of tighten-down before it’ll start getting loose!  I hammered the old plate out and prepped the new one.

Putting in the new one was easy, everything fit well. I got it all tightened down again.  But I couldn’t find the bins with my large tools anywhere.  The torque wrench and oil filter wrench were no where to be seen.  So I tried to remember how hard I had to push at different parts of the scale.  The last several times I used my torque wrench I payed attention to how it felt to push different foot-pounds.  I estimated the pressure for the control arm and ball joint bolts.  The control arm bolts are 50 + 120˚!

Now I need a new snow tire and soon I’ll need to get two each new summer tires for both cars.

Errol helped get the wheel’s lug bolts inserted and threaded, and he put away all the sockets and wrenches from the work area at the end of the day.  He’s a good helper.