ball joints

[steved]

front upper ball joints are stuck....dang...

sjd

[quapman]

Stuck how, exactly?

[ajcpaperboy]

Do you need a big hammer?

[471Magnum]

3 foot breaker bar and 4 foot cheater pipe... plus some liquid wrench. Works every time.

[steved]

The joints are just stuck in there super tight. I'm going to try a bigger impact, probably with a little heat.

sjd

[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.

[471Magnum]

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.

[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

[quapman]

Ahhh, you're unscrewing the joint itself from the UCA. Never mind my tips, you're way past that!