Trouble knocking out studs out of upper balljoint
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Trouble knocking out studs out of upper balljoint
I'm installing BJ spacers and trying to reuse my ball joints. They're connected to the UCA with 4 studs, and I've being working at this fruitlessly for a whole hour.
I've used penetrating oil (PB Blaster), a propane torch, a hammer, a hand sledge, and finally a 8 lbs maul. Two of the studs won't budge. The threaded portion has totally mushroomed, but they will not yield. Tomorrow, my neighbor is bringing over an acetylene torch and usually when this happens, we destroy stuff.
I've thought of removing the ball joint from the spindle then forcing out the studs with a vice and socket.
These are the studs I am referring to.
I've used penetrating oil (PB Blaster), a propane torch, a hammer, a hand sledge, and finally a 8 lbs maul. Two of the studs won't budge. The threaded portion has totally mushroomed, but they will not yield. Tomorrow, my neighbor is bringing over an acetylene torch and usually when this happens, we destroy stuff.
I've thought of removing the ball joint from the spindle then forcing out the studs with a vice and socket.
These are the studs I am referring to.
Last edited by Matt16; 12-31-2008 at 12:42 AM.
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Last edited by Matt16; 12-31-2008 at 12:41 AM.
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Propane torch didn't work. We have freezing temperatures and the metal isn't heating up hot enough. Tomorrow, the oxy-acetylene torch comes out.
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All you can do is what you are doing - you might want to try and remove the joint and work on the bench instead. I had good luck with the double hammer tecnique on the joint - hit it with two hammers-one on each side- esentially you are sqweezing the tapered part of the joint out. From the sounds of things this might require some of the torch to loosen things up.
Good luck.
PS once you get everything apart - cover everything with anti-sieze!
Good luck.
PS once you get everything apart - cover everything with anti-sieze!
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I had to beat on them like crazy with a 5lb hammer. Got so mushroomed that when they finally did start moving I had to cut off half of them to get it to fit through the hole in the BJ
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After breaking a small vice (used as a press) and bending the handle on a much larger bench vice, I elected to drill them out. I've dulled 3 bits, but one of the studs has been reduced to shavings.
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Penetrating oil is now dead to me.
That all said, I finished installing my BJ spacers and relaxed the T bars to 13.5" (factory is 13.5- 14"), might go up to 14 tmr, but I'm off to a party. I'm aiming for flex, not looks.
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