rookie mechanic...

ive done 3" lift, front brakes, alternator, starter, rear wiper motor, oil changes, tow hooks, stuff like that...

ball joints LOOKED easy enough, but i always manage to take twice as long as suggested somehow

not so with balljoints...awesome

only did the one side that was bad, used local parts store parts, i need the jeep tmmw, the other side is on way from internet at cheaper prices, do it later

only used crappy bj press too....http://www.princessauto.com/pal/sku/8354714 canadian version of harbor freight...on sale for $40.

so if youre hesitant, go for it.

 

Haha, when I lived in Canada for a year I ended up doing the Balljoints on my '89 XJ. I bought that same press. It worked surprisingly well

 

there was a review from a dude with a tj on the site, if it worked for a tj, should work for xj...and it did....was nice that it was $60 off at the time.

 

Indeed, I think I bought it when it was 40 bucks. Since the surface where you press the top ball-joint in is angled I had to grind one of the cups angled a bit. No big deal, I'll probably only ever own Jeeps anyways lol.