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The ball joint separator is available From Miller Special
Tools. This is the company that makes the tools that are referred to in the FSM.
I bought one & it works relatively easy.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Front-end
Rebuilding
Quoting Robin Giesbrecht <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
for all kinds of things(u joints come to mind). You will also need a
tie
> rod
> separator(pickle fork) which is $20.00 or so.And some
good general hand
Or, you can use a pitmen arm puller (whatever the
name is) that you can borrow
from Autozone. Its easier on the parts
than the pickle fork.
Opening up Imperial ball joints is not fun.
They are massive, and the pickle
fork did not work for me. I do not
think you can get a puller for that. I do
not remember how I had it
done. If you have a lift though, you may do it the
way the shops do
it. They removed the bolt that holds the ball joint with the
car up
high. Then they put a massive stand to "catch" the lower control arm,
and they started hitting the spindle with a BIG hummer. The
combination of
spring force from the torsion bar and vibration got the
ball joint loose. They
had to do al that by the way to replace the
front shocks...
D^2, 2x68
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