control-arms

[Scarpulla, Christopher [IT]]

I've posted this to the forum a time or two......

Here's a great trick for seperating the ball joint. Scott Higashi sent it to
the mailing list a few years ago, and it works like a charm! No smashin, no
bashing, no pickle fork ripping the boot.

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Here's my own trick to remove the ball joint...

Take a 14mm open end wrench and put the "crow's foot"
between the balljoint nut and the spindle/hub. Basically
straddle the BJ bolt. Then, loosen the BJ nut back against
the wrench to "press" the balljoint out. It'll break free with a bang, but
it'll break free!

Works every time, and I've done it a LOT!

-Scott
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By the way, it takes *allot* of force to get that thing to pop, just keep
strong-arming that wrench and it'll happen.

Chris

From: Brian Cembor [mailto:bcembor@fastenal.com]

In looking over my Haynes manual, it says to use a pickle-fork to separate.
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Is there a better way to do this that is not know in the manual?

TIA,
Brian Cembor