RE: Breaking loose Ball Joints

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's uaually pretty easy if you place a lrage single jack hammer on one 
side and then strike the other side with another hammer. It needs to be 
suspended so it has some weight pulling on it too. My old boss showed me 
that and it's amazingly simple. 
Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Bill Maurits wrote:
> 
> Anyone have any little tricks for getting ball joint shafts to pop out
> of the spindle or lower control arm? I was working until midnight last
> night to no avail. I soaked the hell out of them, used pickle forks,
> beat on the control arm and spindle to jar it loose, and beat on the
> ball joint stud w/ a brass drift...nothing! Is there some sort of a
> puller I could buy because nothing is budging right now!!
> 
> -- 
> Bill M
> 65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
> 73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT,
> 21 Model T, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda #



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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