bansheekid409 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 im trying to get my lower a-arms off and i cant get the ball joint out of the arms. i wanted to do it with out having to take off the tops and the spindle things. (i dont know the names). i looked in the clymers and it shows your supposed to use a special tool do do it. is that what you guys are using? i didnt want to make a tool for it i was hoping that hammer and an awl of some sort would do the trick but it didnt. and do i make the tool as shown in the manual or has anyone come up with a better idea? thanks Quote
jeffro189 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 the ball joint stud is a tapered fit, and you have to break the taper, and this is how you do it. loosen the ball joint nut to the top of the threads, but not off and where the ball joint goes into the spinde, hit the SPINDLE with a hammer really hard, and the ball joint will seperate.(may take a few wacks) just that easy Quote
bansheekid409 Posted December 12, 2004 Author Report Posted December 12, 2004 well i was looking at the clymers and saw a picture and thought to my self, damn that looks a lot like my fly wheel puller. went to try it and it didnt fit. went and grinded .03 off the pusher and bam. worked like magic. now i gotta go hit the end of the ball joints with a file so i can get the nut back on. put that in your tips and tricks and smoke it. Quote
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