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Posted by: Spoke Jan 12 2005, 07:07 PM

I'm changing a ball joint on my 914 and can't figure out how to remove the nut with the 4 notches. Do I need a special tool to do this? How about a big pipe wrench or channel lock?
I used liquid wrench on it for a couple of days now. How to remove this sucker? The Star lock piece has been removed.

Thanks,
Spoke

Posted by: Series9 Jan 12 2005, 07:11 PM

There's a special tool that costs about $40.

The following constitutes chopstick advice:

I have removed them several times with an air hammer stuck in one of the notches pointing in the counter clockwise direction.

Posted by: Series9 Jan 12 2005, 07:14 PM

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/PORS/POR_PORS_PTOOLS_pg4.htm#item25

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Posted by: jim912928 Jan 12 2005, 08:03 PM

I bought the tool...took the arms to a friends with an impact wrench and zzt zzt they were off. I first tried with that tool and a breaker bar...no dice.

Posted by: Kerrys914 Jan 12 2005, 08:11 PM

Pipe Wrench IPB Image

Works great

Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 12 2005, 08:29 PM

I bought that tool from Pelican and it stripped on the first try. The metal was a type that was weaker than the nut. Kinda dumb.

I ended up using a pipe wrench and it worked great. Replace the nuts ($14 ea) and use anti-sieze on the threads. You'll thank yourself later.

If it wont budge with a wrench you can try a drift and hammer in one of the grooves, or cutting with a dremel (I had to do this on one, not fun at all). Its like splitting any other nut.

Posted by: Spoke Jan 16 2005, 07:38 AM

The pipe wrench worked! IPB Image I used the top half of my floor jack's pump arm as an extension. Also used liquid wrench and some heat from a propane torch to finally loosen the nut.

Thanks for the help!

Spoke