Hey Dave T ....if you type in GLITCH IN BALL JOINT REPAIR..... but make sure it is clicked on 'forums' and not 'this forum' ...you should get it.

Rae

is that a Subaru manual or something else?

why doesn't it show a clip on that boot - does the oring replace the clip or it's in addition to it?

 

EA82 XT's don't have an oring there.

 

but it's a rather benign oring - get an automotive grade oring sized to match at any auto parts store - they have bins of them they can match to size.  even if they have standard sizes there will be one suitable for a metric oring.

Sounds like you got things back together.

 

Something is very wrong if you have to drive a roll pin with much more than moderate firm tapping...  There are very few things to use the "get a bigger hammer" technique on with these cars, and those are usually last ditch destructive disassembly.

 

6 point sockets - good ones - help a lot with these old stuck bolts. 

 

The o ring can be used like an elastic to help hold the end closed / in place.  But all of the ones I remember seeing have steel spring clips holding the boot.