Nobody

-I should have done a write-up but I was lazy and didn't think anybody else would be doing this-
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HA - I just did this a week ago....was able to get the upper ball joints out and new ones in without removing the knuckle - took me 4 hours with press/puller from Autozone! closest I have ever came to taking it to a shop to have em do it!

Yo Dr.Z do you have a part number for that tie rod end puller??

Nobody

There just aint nothin' purdy'er than a seasoned Runner with new parts...

I would like to see some pic's of that custom press jig...

keisur

ok. I gosta get home from work to snap some photos of it then. the press is just a 12 ton from Harbor Freight, real rickidy. the jigs are just some conduit and floor flanges from homodepot, oh, hehe, and one of the jigs is an old bearing retainer from one of my rear axles split to contact the OD edge of the bottom of the upper balljoint, real fancy get-up! Can't wait to post them to get some freaky feedback. I think I'll start my own thread with it though. ok?

Oh. I just figured I would go ahead and pull the knuckle completely since I had the press and the cv's are so easy to pull, otherwise I'd a dunnit just like you with the puller. I used a 2 jaw puller on the upper to pop it off the a-arm for the drivers side but the passenger side proved too much for the 2-jaw and I ended up using a pickle fork. those Harbor pullers arm cheap!

Firefyter-Emt

I like to use a 5lb sledge myself.. Sometimes you just need a good hit..

BTW.. what the heck are you using WD-40 for?? Are you trying to get the water off the tir rods for the PB blaster to work in better?? Toss that WD-40- tries to get it right, and buy a real penetrating oil.. PB Blaster all the way...

keisur

Screw it I just decided to make a webpage for the pics of the jigs and offer a little explanation: And oh yea, I didn't mention that I used a S-load of PB blaster on the nuts and the pressfits about a week before I was going to do the work. then the night before I soaked them again and then again just before I did the work. that's maybe why it was so easy for me.

http://www.keisur.com/upperbjrnr.htm

Cebby

Yeah, sure you set up a page....

"Cannot display page"

keisur

it works for me punk! you got a new (to you) runner?

first check my page please to see if it's wirkin'.

Nobody

Excellent.....thanks for the write up...I should try the PB stuff before I work on the lower Ball joint.

keisur

yea. I soaked mine pretty good. don't forget to soak the four flange mount bolts under the spindle too. they should come off easy but since your gonna go crazy with the cheeze whiz anyway... Let me know if you want any other pics or anything. I stll have my old BJ's and inner tie rods so I can still do a half as write-up I guess.

You're only doing the Lower? haha, man that's the easy one. My page doesn't cover the lower. If you are doing the upper too, soak it good too. the lower is just remove the four bolts, pop the outer tie rod out of the flange, pop the balljoint out of the A-Arm, bolt the new one to the knuckle with the four bolts, bolt the BJ to the A-arm and torque it, then bolt the outter tie rod onto the flange and torque it. done. you do have the torque values for the bolts right? I can get you those to if you want.

told you there was a page Cebby!

EDIT:
This PIC has almost all the torque values, use the numbers at the end inside the paranthesis, they are ft-lb unles they say in-lb in the diagram. The outer tie rod to the lower balljoint flange torque is 67 ft-lb.

Sorry for all this info. I can't sleep so...