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stolan83
 Post subject: upper ball joint problem
PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:02 pm 
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IM TRYING TO SWAP MY SPINDLES BUT COULD NOT REMOVE FROM UPPER BALL JOINT ANY SUGGESTIONS
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Eric W
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:44 am 
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You trying to remove it from the control arm, or the spindle from the ball joint stud? If your removing it from the control arm, you need a special socket. If your trying to remove the spindle from the ball jount stud, a pickle fork will work(I only like to use them if the ball joint is shot), or do this: Jack the car up, put it on jack stands, and loosen the nut on the ball joint stud. Let the suspension hang, and put the jack under the control arm...Do not let it touch the control arm! Leave about an inch between the jack and control arm. Take a big hammer and beat the snot out of the spindle. It should shock it loose, and the tension on the torsion bar will pull it down, hence the jack under the control arm.

Oh yeah, turn off the caps. Please.
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http://www.americanmuscle.biz/parts.lasso

part #23481 works like a charm!
If you plan on owning any more old Mopars you might want the whole set. Makes it much easier!
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63gtcv
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:09 pm 
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I didn't have the funding for the socket so I got the biggest "crescent" wrench I could borrow. Just big enough, worked good. Took a while to unscrew it, clean it good first.

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stolan83
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:32 pm 
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I was able to use a loaner ball joint remover set, looks like a to prong pulley remover. The left side it worked like a charm, but on the right it bent the upper ball joint, a $60 oh *#%$.
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I was able to use a loaner ball joint remover set, looks like a to prong pulley remover. The left side it worked like a charm, but on the right it bent the upper ball joint, a $60 oh *#%$.
Did this ball joint remover press out the ball joint, or unscrew it?

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stolan83
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:18 pm 
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I was using it just to remove the spindal. The upper ball joint it self is a screw in
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That is correct. That is why I asked. If you had used one of those ball joint presses, and tried to press the ball joint out of the arm, that would ruin the arm.

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