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07-18-2013, 09:23 AM
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Ball joint press?
Anybody with a 3/4 ton C20 found a portable ball joint press that fits and works. I've tried Autozone and O'Reillys and neither has a big enough throat to fit over the lower ball joint. This is on a 68 C20. If not, guess i'll be pulling lower CA's and going to a shop to have pressed out and new 85's pressed in for disc break conversion. Thanks. Jim
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07-18-2013, 09:39 AM
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Re: Ball joint press?
snap on or otc
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07-18-2013, 10:19 AM
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Re: Ball joint press?
Whats OTC? And thanks. Jim
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07-18-2013, 10:34 AM
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Re: Ball joint press?
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Having done these ball joints on a 1/2 ton, I'd take them somewhere in the future and just have them pressed in and out. Even with the ball joint press mine were kinda miserable.
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07-18-2013, 11:12 AM
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Re: Ball joint press?
I have the OTC press with all the accessories and I haven't found any I can't do. but I have made some of my own sleeves to do things it wasn't designed for. My suggestion is take a piece of pipe and some plate and make the sleeve you need
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07-18-2013, 02:12 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
The sleeves not the problem. The C-frame for the press isn't wide enough to fit over the ball joint. The kit has the right size sleeves. I'll probably weld up a box tube press tonight or tommorow and just use the bolt and sleeves from the kit. Thanks for the replies. Jim
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07-18-2013, 02:17 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
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07-18-2013, 02:52 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
i just did the suspension on my C20. I didnt need any thing special for the lower balljoints. I used the autozone rental balljoint press.
God help you getting the uppers out though. |
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07-18-2013, 03:22 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
I used the harbor freight set to remove the original ball joints on my C20 a couple years ago.
http://www.harborfreight.com/ball-jo...cles-4065.html No issues, worked great... |
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07-18-2013, 06:35 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
the one I have looks like that harbor freight one pictured above...its an ATD 8699...the throat of the "c" is 6 inches....it did the lowers on my 92 one ton P-30 motorhome...cant imagine the C-20 being larger
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07-18-2013, 06:36 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
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07-18-2013, 06:45 PM
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Re: Ball joint press?
I used the AutoZone press to do mine. I did have to use an air hammer to press the old ball joint out. The new ones went in very smoothly.
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