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Gentleman Jim Driver
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Poulsbo, WA
Posts: 1,550
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Funny you should mention ball joints. I spent the long weekend (Veterans day and all...) working on the front end of my 84 K10. Once I got down to the ball joints, I hit the upper stud with my 2lb mini thor hammer and it popped both joints free in about 54 blows. The other side was different. I got the upper stud to pop free but the lower stud wouldn't no matter what. I tried using a separator on my air chisel, but it still wouldn't go. I finally took the snap ring off the lower ball joint, hit the upper stud a few more times and the lower ball joint pulled out of the knuckle and then I hit the lower ball joint stud and it popped right out the of housing.
I don't think I've ever successfully used a pickle fork. The hammer usually works for me.
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Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed |
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