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Jun 20, 2009 | 07:59 PM

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Am I confusing you will my ball joint puller bit?

That IS what this is, right?

Mind you this is not 'THE ' one in question, but it's what it looks like.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:01 PM

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thats a jaw puller, idk id it strong enuf to do bj's

This is a ball joint puller,http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=4065
but it's [pretty useless unless you pull the whole knuckle

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Jun 20, 2009 | 08:03 PM

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it's a three jaw puller, I used one for doing pulley's with but it should work.

This is what I use:

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:03 PM

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Ahhhh, hmmm.... unfortunately he's been drilling so long I bet hes heated the ball joint up and FUSED it to the underside.

What is the tool he should be using?
His looks almost exactly like this:

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:04 PM

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less moving parts and prolly stronger...

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:04 PM

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Quote:

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it's a three jaw puller, I used one for doing pulley's with but it should work.

This is what I use:

Gotcha!
I'm going to have to bring him in then.... I'm pretty sure we dont have one.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:05 PM

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What is the tool he should be using?
His looks almost exactly like this:

A pitarm puller or tie rod end puller

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:07 PM

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Ahhhh, hmmm.... unfortunately he's been drilling so long I bet hes heated the ball joint up and FUSED it to the underside.

What is the tool he should be using?
His looks almost exactly like this:

jaw gear puller, watch out on the center bolt, as i have seen they have a tendency to strip under to much force. i think our store is on number 8 or9 for the tool rental.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:07 PM

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Well, he got the first one out with it... it's this second one that is proving to be hard... everything is closed by now- thank goodness church isn't until noon!

I don't think we're going anywhere anytime soon.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:08 PM

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A tierod pickle fork( not one for bj's its too wide), and a bfh, once the pickle fork is wedged in good, hit where the bj goes into the knuckle a couple times, it should pop out after a couple good smacks.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:12 PM

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soak with PB blaster? Then put on jaw puller, put on tension, SMACK with bfh, continue to tighten, SMACK...rinse, repeat. Should pop off easy! lol!

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:14 PM

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Well... the issue is that he's been drilling the thing for 3 hours.

I think it probably no longer resembles a ball joint fellas. I could probably bet money on that, actually...

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:15 PM

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Grinder time!

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:16 PM

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But you guys rock... soon I can go help him actually do this. At the moment I don't fit under the car, hahahaha- otherwise I would be there.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:17 PM

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If you have a pickle fork large enough, bolt it back up and go to town on it with said bfh..

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:18 PM

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Shoot it?

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:19 PM

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Grenade!!!

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:20 PM

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He said he's boring the ball joint out, it's up in there on the tie rod apparently so he's just trying to bore it out.

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:23 PM

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replace the left rear tire. Fixes it every time!

Jun 20, 2009 | 08:23 PM

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That could take a while, thats some hard metal in there. give the PB a shot, soak it good, come back to it in an hour or so and soak it some more, then hit hard.

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