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ball joints
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:55 pm
by steved
front upper ball joints are stuck....dang...
sjd
Re: ball joints
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:58 am
by quapman
Stuck how, exactly?
Re: ball joints
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:01 pm
by ajcpaperboy
Do you need a big hammer?
Re: ball joints
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:18 pm
by 471Magnum
3 foot breaker bar and 4 foot cheater pipe... plus some liquid wrench. Works every time.
Re: ball joints
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:18 am
by steved
The joints are just stuck in there super tight. I'm going to try a bigger impact, probably with a little heat.
sjd
Re: ball joints
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:27 am
by quapman
If a pickle fork doesn't work, whack the spindle sideways where the joint goes through. This shocks and deforms the tapered "bond" just enough to let it go.
Re: ball joints
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:31 am
by 471Magnum
steved wrote:The joints are just stuck in there super tight. I'm going to try a bigger impact, probably with a little heat.
sjd
Impact isn't going to get it done. They require massive torque which means breaker bar and cheater pipe.
Re: ball joints
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:36 pm
by steved
update: got them.
I ended up at my buddy's shop where we used heat AND the 3/4 drive impact. The impact is one of the big mammajammas meant for indycar pitlane duty.
we tried a 4' pipe on the end of the breaker, no dice with two of us on it.
sjd
Re: ball joints
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:52 pm
by quapman
Ahhh, you're unscrewing the joint itself from the UCA. Never mind my tips, you're way past that!