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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Manitoba, Canada
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I know its probably the oldest question out there, but how does a guy get ball joints apart without destroying them? I've done them before, but they were shot, so I didn't mind wrecking them in the process, but these are worth keeping for a while.
------------------ Dream: '68 C-10 Custom with a 396 and a 700R4 Current Reality: '68 C-10, 250, 3 speed, parts in two garages, but lots of hope.
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Do you want to take the ball joint apart or remove it from the control arm?
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Led Sled! Discs R 4 ME!
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Ball joint puller.
Sometimes you can get a pitman arm puller to work if ya happin to have one lying around ![]() the edit.. you can also use the "pickle fork" seperator but that uasually ruins the rubber boot ------------------ Toms River NJ (Transplanted Hoosier) 56 working Street Rod(under construction 71-2 coil chassis) Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day. [This message has been edited by DennyB (edited May 14, 2002).] |
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Ok Im going to tell you how to do it and you will say na that won't work but it does.
Take 2 ball pein hammers and hit them on simutanlously on either side of the piece that the ball joint studs are fit into. They should pop right out after a few blows. ------------------ 1969 Chevrolet Custom Camper 20 350/400 70k original miles, 99% rust free, Never winter driven ![]() They have the Internet on Computers now? --Homer Simpson Gee_Emm's Page Vote for my truck to be on the label of a bottle of Jones Soda!!! ![]() |
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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If you want to get the ball joint apart with no damage the hammer trick is your best bet. I have a pickel fork that I have never used once I saw how easy it was with a hammer.
------------------ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS
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I just want to take the control arms off the truck. I'm in the process of installing an '85 front end on my '68.
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Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said. |
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