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moto92
Number of posts : 521
Registration date : 2008-09-06
Age : 47
Location : Mt. Vernon, IL
| | Subject: new ball joints Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:43 pm | |
| whats a good way to install a new ball joint into the knuckle.
im changing out the bearings and decided to do the ball joints while ive got them off. i used a hammer and punch to just knock the old ones out but dont want to mess up the new ones on the way in. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:56 pm | |
| Moto, I put them in the freezer overnight,then used a socket that fit the top and used a BFH and drove them home.  |
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Big-R
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Number of posts : 16074
Registration date : 2008-02-26
Age : 51
Location : Louisville,Ky
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:13 pm | |
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wvyankee2
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Number of posts : 10321
Registration date : 2008-01-22
Age : 64
Location : Mohave County, Arizona
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AIRBORNE
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Number of posts : 6266
Registration date : 2008-05-01
Age : 50
Location : Morgantown, West Virginia
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:48 pm | |
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moto92
Number of posts : 521
Registration date : 2008-09-06
Age : 47
Location : Mt. Vernon, IL
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:54 pm | |
| well that didnt work worth a damn. so i went a bought a socket big enough to fit over the threaded end of the ball joint. got it started into the hole and gave it a few good hits and broke that lip off where it seats onto the knuckle. so i tried the other one and guess what, yea broke it too. theres $50 i didnt really need anyways  | |
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Big-R
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Number of posts : 16074
Registration date : 2008-02-26
Age : 51
Location : Louisville,Ky
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moto92
Number of posts : 521
Registration date : 2008-09-06
Age : 47
Location : Mt. Vernon, IL
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:22 pm | |
| afterwards i almost broke my thumb when i took that knuckle and started beating the hell out of the counter with it.... | |
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wvyankee2
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Number of posts : 10321
Registration date : 2008-01-22
Age : 64
Location : Mohave County, Arizona
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:19 pm | |
| Humm........Worked perfectly for me. You sure you were getting it started straight??? |
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ChrisC
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Registration date : 2008-06-30
Age : 58
Location : Marietta GA
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moto92
Number of posts : 521
Registration date : 2008-09-06
Age : 47
Location : Mt. Vernon, IL
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:39 pm | |
| i dont have a press, and dont want to pay someone for something i should be able to do myself.
will a bench vise work? | |
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Foxfire
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Number of posts : 6060
Registration date : 2008-04-01
Age : 73
Location : Bristol, Wisconsin
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:43 pm | |
| Yep....it sure should!!!!!! But with the luck you been having you'll probably break the bench vice!!!!!  | |
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| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:32 am | |
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tommy20/69
Number of posts : 49
Registration date : 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: new ball joints Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:09 am | |
| if you don't have a press or vise just get your car or truck jack and slide under the truck with your jack and put the ball join in a nipple "go to hardware store and buy pipe nipple to fit" but put the nipple over the ball joint abd use the jack and the truck as a press.jst push against the frame of the truck of you could use the rear reciever that would work too. | |
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