!@#$!@ steering ball joint thingy!!!!
11-21-2003, 06:58 PM
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!@#$!@ steering ball joint thingy!!!!
I'm replacing my hub and I need to get the steering arm joint off the hub. I've tried everything...bashig it repeatedly with a 10lb sledge, bashing it with a large chunk of metal, prying at it with a screwdrive, and finally using a ball joint popper.
after one bruised thumb, a blown back, and a snapped ball joint popper I have not moved it one milimeter.
someone please tell me how to get this @#$%@ thing off...
after one bruised thumb, a blown back, and a snapped ball joint popper I have not moved it one milimeter.
someone please tell me how to get this @#$%@ thing off...
11-21-2003, 07:04 PM
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the ball joint fork and mallet/hammer should work...you just have to beat it mercilessly. I just struggled with one today on a CRX and it takes forever and a day worth of beating to get those fockers off 
JUST BEAT IT!!!
JUST BEAT IT!!!
11-21-2003, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by DA-MAX
the ball joint fork and mallet/hammer should work...you just have to beat it mercilessly. I just struggled with one today on a CRX and it takes forever and a day worth of beating to get those fockers off JUST BEAT IT!!!
JUST BEAT IT!!!
11-21-2003, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LittlePiggie
I'm replacing my hub and I need to get the steering arm joint off the hub. I've tried everything...bashig it repeatedly with a 10lb sledge, bashing it with a large chunk of metal, prying at it with a screwdrive, and finally using a ball joint popper.
after one bruised thumb, a blown back, and a snapped ball joint popper I have not moved it one milimeter.
someone please tell me how to get this @#$%@ thing off...
after one bruised thumb, a blown back, and a snapped ball joint popper I have not moved it one milimeter.
someone please tell me how to get this @#$%@ thing off...
It took me 3 days off and on to get my passenger side one off
I used a ball joint seperator fork thingy on it for about a day of pounding with a sledgehammer and no budging
I spent the next day trying to hammer it out from the bottom with no luck
Then the third day I did a rotating combination of both and finally got it out
11-21-2003, 07:16 PM
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buy a pickle fork then. they're indestructable...
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
11-21-2003, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt93SE
buy a pickle fork then. they're indestructable...
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
hmm...time to try that. thanks.
11-21-2003, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt93SE
buy a pickle fork then. they're indestructable...
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
11-21-2003, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt93SE
buy a pickle fork then. they're indestructable...
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
the way I usually get the stubborn ones off is to heat the spindle part with a blowtorch, while whacking it from the side with a hammer.. hitting the outer part from the side will make the center bore turn into an oval slightly and it'll then go back... after a while, the tie rod end will eventually pop out.
I've had some that I have to beat on for 20 minutes.. others come off in 3 whacks.
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
you are great, thanks for the suggestion. came off in 30 whacks
and not 
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11-24-2003, 07:21 PM
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ugg... tell me about Ball joint woes... after about three hours of healthy hammering on my passenger side, I just lost it, and got my sledge hammer from the shed. One whack, and the ball joint separated.
But then, the nut on the spindle wouldn't budge for anything. I had clamp on to the spindle with a pair of plyers (both hands suqeezing to stabilize), and "leg press" the wrench that was loosening the top spindle nut. Madness...
But fun, now that it's over. Shouldn't have waited 10 years to replace mine, I gues...
But then, the nut on the spindle wouldn't budge for anything. I had clamp on to the spindle with a pair of plyers (both hands suqeezing to stabilize), and "leg press" the wrench that was loosening the top spindle nut. Madness...
But fun, now that it's over. Shouldn't have waited 10 years to replace mine, I gues...
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