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**COBALT** · 08-05-2003, 01:01 PM

Well, the problem with lower ball joints is they increase the tolerance in the control arm for every ball joint press.

Since my passenger side control arm had ball joint replacements pressed twice before, AND the fact that I had spent so much time cleaning, stripping, wire brushing, and painting them I decided I didn't want to spend my time trying to jam the ball joint into the control arm with that hand tool. I needed an absolutely straight press. If I goofed I may have ended up looking for another control arm...

I bet you can do it, but I don't think it's very precise.

08-05-2003, 01:01 PM	#12
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	Well, the problem with lower ball joints is they increase the tolerance in the control arm for every ball joint press. Since my passenger side control arm had ball joint replacements pressed twice before, AND the fact that I had spent so much time cleaning, stripping, wire brushing, and painting them I decided I didn't want to spend my time trying to jam the ball joint into the control arm with that hand tool. I needed an absolutely straight press. If I goofed I may have ended up looking for another control arm... I bet you can do it, but I don't think it's very precise. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.