what's up with this ball joint??!!!
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what's up with this ball joint??!!!
trying to remove upper ball joint so I can add a Daystar lift kit and used every tool in the garage to no avail. The ball joint boot is shredded now that we used every pickle fork we had and lubed and pried and beat it into submission but dam thing won't budge. Tried every angle and option so now I have to take it to a shop because I give up!!! Anyone else have this happen??
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Are you trying to separate the ball joint from the upper arm? Use a ball joint puller or pitman arm puller, pretty sure the pitman arm puller works from autozone.
If you're just trying to gain some droop to stick the longer shock in there, use the stock bottle jack to "flex" the arms down. Put the bottle jack on top of the upper ball joint nut and wedge it between the inner fender and jack it up, it should droop the suspension down some so you can bolt the shock in.
If you're just trying to gain some droop to stick the longer shock in there, use the stock bottle jack to "flex" the arms down. Put the bottle jack on top of the upper ball joint nut and wedge it between the inner fender and jack it up, it should droop the suspension down some so you can bolt the shock in.
Last edited by turbo8; 05-18-2013 at 10:45 PM.
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Ditto, used a combo of the puller/pitman arm and after getting the technique down they popped out without too much trouble.
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I'll try the bottle jack trick on the other side, but still going to have to remove that one ball joint as I screwed up the boot using the pickle fork tool!!! Can I just put some grease in there and put a new boot on and be done with it??
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OP,
Look at the Harbor Freight front end/ball joint tools & set-up I used to remove/install 1997 Tacoma 4WD pressed-in UBJs: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/g...joints-268729/ You can rent the necessary tools at Advanced Auto, etc. or buy them at Harbor Freight, etc. It's easy but only with tools designed to do this job.
HTH & Good luck
Look at the Harbor Freight front end/ball joint tools & set-up I used to remove/install 1997 Tacoma 4WD pressed-in UBJs: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/g...joints-268729/ You can rent the necessary tools at Advanced Auto, etc. or buy them at Harbor Freight, etc. It's easy but only with tools designed to do this job.
HTH & Good luck
Last edited by leid; 06-05-2013 at 06:31 AM.
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