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4x4 lower balljoints help needed

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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Default 4x4 lower balljoints help needed
OK.. what the eff am I doing wrong.. I have heated, hit, pressed, lubed and the dang thing wont come out... problem is it was truly broken not just loose, but I still cant get the fricken body out of the axle... HELP

any advice, kind words, complaints about the dang things, or jokes appreciated.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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GRINDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Pickle fork?
 
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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NO...not the fork!!!...those things suck, well for me they did. i had a 5 pound hammer hittin that thing for an hour and never got anything out of it..... i finally said fu** it im using the grinder
 
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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already have everything split and off, just need it pressed out so I can get the neew one in
 
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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I'm lost. Are you trying to separate the ball from the socket? You replace the whole thing as a unit.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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right, I cant get the unit out of it's hole...
 
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The few times I have done mine I just rent the c-clamp press from Autozone and they pop right out... no issues at all.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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right, I cant get the unit out of it's hole...

Are we still talking ball joints here?
 
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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LOL, I also use the c press. And have done quite a few for people, and never had one that stuck.
 
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