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Originally Posted by patthethird
I have a 3/4 ton 67 I'm trying to get the ball joints off of. I had a hydrolic jack in between the a arms and was beating a pickle fork to death with a 5# hammer. I swear I'm not getting anywhere. I dont know what i expect y'all to say, I am just frustrated.
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I just did my half ton and all it needed was the spring pressure. Tried smacking the ball joint with the nut backed off with no luck. Then tried air hammer with a pickle fork with no luck. Got the BFH on the pickle fork and bingo. The only problem was getting the mangled nut off the ball joint. Grinder with a cutoff wheel made short work of that.
Try alternating hitting the pickle fork and the ball joint stud/nut.
Also make sure your assembly can't just fly apart. Keeping the nut on the ball joint should prevent it but it's a good idea to chain the spring to part of the chassis too.