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12-28-2003, 09:21 PM
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Best way to press out lower-a-arm ball joints??
I know they sell special c-clamps to remove and install lower ball joints. But I have a nice hydraulic press here at the shop and can machine up different cups. Anyone done it this way?? Everything is closed today and I can't get a special tool till tomorrow.
Thanks
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12-28-2003, 09:26 PM
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a big impact socket would work
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12-28-2003, 09:28 PM
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So use the impact socket and the press?
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12-28-2003, 09:38 PM
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2 1/2 inch pipe 3 in lomg. 1 1/2 inch pipe 3in long, (out of 67 chevy factory shop manual)
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12-28-2003, 09:50 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
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can ya post the exact way to get it out?
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12-28-2003, 10:08 PM
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GOT THEM! thanks guys. I used some tube from the machine shop here. I used a thin wall pipe that was just bigger than the ball joint shaft. then I found a thick wall piece that fit just perfect under the control arm. Out they came.
I'm glad I have new ones. One of them you could move up and down about 1/2" with ease. That would cause 1/2" of wheel movement that isn't controlled by the shock! The other was real notchy. My control arm shaft weren't in the best of shape either. Thanks guys.
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12-31-2003, 12:17 AM
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Injected, how do you test the control arm shaft?
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