Upper ball joint removal
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Upper ball joint removal
how do i get that darn thing out? Im putting a set of camburg's on, but have to get the stocker upper joint out first...
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You can do it pretty easily with a harbor freight 3-jaw puller too, though mine has been modified to make it alot stronger. I did this with my harbor freight 3-jaw puller and it went like butter.
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used a combination of a screw type ball joint press and an air hammer for some extra mojo, works good, better yet find a buddy with a shop press, i used a 12 ton and they where still a hard press, you will need the ball joint adapters from the screw type press to use as receivers on the bottle jack press other wise you can damage stuff trying to use sockets and bearing bits.
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There's taking the shaft out of the upper arm, which is fairly easy.
Then there's pressing the base of the ball joint out of the steering knuckle/upright, which is a lot more difficult.
Then there's pressing the base of the ball joint out of the steering knuckle/upright, which is a lot more difficult.
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