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PeNZ

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Did you remove the nut and cotter pin????

 

Pickle fork and three pound hammer...

 

It does not matter if you ruin the rubber cup(BOOT)

because that gets changed anyways...

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Removeing the balljoint from the lower control arm can be a PITA. The one I did on my Regal last winter needed a pneumatic air hammer with a pickle fork end to get it seperated.

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The one thing you have to remember with suspensions is to NOT be Mr. Nice Guy. If you want to avoid getting all sorts of knick knack parts...a hammer and a pry device/drift will get you far if you just HIT it. You're not going to break anything, and if you do, it needed to be replaced anyways. Take a peak at one of those fast job places...do these guys mess around...no, if a wheel won't come off...out comes the sledge hammer. You'll get the knack of it after your first few couple of part replacements, but after a while, it becomes second nature to pound the hell out of it quick.

 

Good luck.

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DO NOT BUY THE TOOL FROM JC-WHITNEY. It took them 4 months to finally ship mine out, And it turned out to be a cheap piece of shit. It broke on the part that goes around the grease cup.

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When trying to remove a balljoint from my g/f's taurus a couple of months I was so pissed. I bought a 10 lb sledge and broke a pickle fork right in half.

 

GET THE SEPARATOR FROM ADVANCED AUTO. It came out in less than 5 minutes after I got home with it. Well worth the 30 bucks, and has an attachment for an airhammer.

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