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67ChevyRedneck · 02-25-2010, 03:40 PM

I must have been lucky, mine popped loose easily with the pickle fork, and the lowers popped out of the control arm with a good hammer smack. Probably SC frame vs. an IN frame.

Have you actually gotten it apart yet? Make sure you at least have a jack under the lower control arm so the spring can't shoot out at you, then you slowly lower the tension on the spring and it will fall out.

**Hart_Rod** · 02-25-2010, 03:47 PM

I used one of these:

http://www.howeracing.com/p-7588-bal...ader-tool.aspx

longhorn396 · 02-25-2010, 04:01 PM

yea i got one changed and i used a jack like 67 chevyredneck said. Im doing the passenger side this weekend maybe.

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02-25-2010, 03:47 PM	#27
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02-25-2010, 04:01 PM	#28
longhorn396 S.D.M.F. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westport, In Posts: 639	Re: Need help with ball joints!!! yea i got one changed and i used a jack like 67 chevyredneck said. Im doing the passenger side this weekend maybe. __________________ 1969 Chevy Longhorn 396/400 3/4 ton. 1991 Chevy Camaro RS 305/700r4 1978 Honda XL175 and XL350(the evil twin) 2006 Kawasaki ZX-14r drag bike-best e.t. 9.4@145 mph without nitrous 1971 BSA Thunderbolt 650cc



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