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03-05-2023, 11:11 AM

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Re: 65 Pickup Ball Joint Issue

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Originally Posted by mtnxtreme

Interesting, I would think if you heat it would maybe enlarge, did it weaken it at all ?

You don't make it glow. It is called heat shrinking. It will enlarge it but will cool smaller. Some will do that to get bearings back into housings, instead of pressing them back in.

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