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98 OBW 200K. So a simple ball joint replacement turned into a 3 week ordeal. Started as a loose front passenger side wheel bearing. I fixed that by tightening up a very loose axle nut. While in there I noticed that most of the suspension boots were rotted and leaking. Off with the knuckle. With the knuckle out the hub was loose. That's not good so maybe I did have failing wheel bearing. While taking out the ball joint I cracked the iron casing with too much pressure in the slit with a chisel to remove the ball joint. Here is why this took weeks. I ordered a used knuckle off eBay from a 2000 Forester. I did have to ream the camber hole out very very slightly. It was a rusted mess in that hole due to an aftermarket camber bolt that was used. The Pinch bolt snapped along with a dust cover bolt. The bearing on the replacement knuckle was REALLY shot At this point I figured that any 20 year old knuckle is going to be in this shape. I went for the rebuild on the eBay knuckle that was on life support. Drilled out the dust shield bolt with a DeWalt 1/4 titanium bit and tapped with 5/16 - 18 tap. Chased the rest of the dust shield bolts and the ABS sensor bolt with the same tap. Drilled out the ball joint pinch bolt with DeWalt 5/16 Cobalt bit. Wished I had a titanium bit. My opinion titanium is better. I used a Grade 8 bolt from Lowes with some adjustments. I had the shop that pressed in the new wheel bearing cut the access off the new pinch bolt cleanly. See pic for part numbers. All the relevant parts I used for this job are below. I took the Duralast challenge and purchased the premium pads lifetime warranty and rust free rotors with three year warranty. I probably paid 3X the amount for the typical pads and rotars Knuckle from 2000 Forester $50 Ebay Ball Joint - AC Delco 46D2183A $16.81 Amazon Brake Pads - Duralast DGC721 $41.99 Autozone Rotars - Duralast 31247DG $36 X 2 = $72 Autozone Camber Bolt - Subaru 20540AA090 $10.34 Ebay Wheel Hub - Dorman 930-500 $21.99 Amazon Wheel Bearing - GMB 758-0003 $18 Amazon Inner Tie Rod Set with Boots - 1ASTE00114 $33.39 (only needed one boot) Ebay Ball Joint Bolt - Hilman 008236705829 3/8-18 X 2-1/2 (This will need to be trimmed) $1.21 Lock washer 008236706314 3/8 Alloy Steel $1.09 Hex Nut 08236706611 3/8-16 $1.09 Shop work $50
