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Ball Joint, Replacement Questions |
johnmhudson111 |
Aug 15 2005, 01:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 491 Joined: 29-November 04 From: Nesbit, MS Member No.: 3,191 |
So I am wacking away on the pickle fork seperating the 914 strut from the a arm and I notice I have effectivly destroyed the ball joints rubber cover and grease (I assume) is everywhere. I am thinking, this isn't good. No problem I got another set on the 911 a-arms, happy times again, but wait a second it turns out there is a special tool that you have to have to unscrew the nut on the bottom of the ball joint. Pelican has them for around $50. So that leads me to my two questions:
1. is there another way to remove the ball joint nut? if not is there a cheaper source? 2. is it unwise to use a used ball joint? Don't mind buying new but hey if you ain't got to.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) |
r_towle |
Aug 15 2005, 07:18 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,588 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
Use a pipe wrench.
72 has a through bolt that is threaded into one side of the strut, the ball joint has a round indent in it. 72 (second half of the year) and onwards has a v shaped groove with a funky bolt/wedge that fits in that v groove and holds much better than the older version. U will know right away if the ball joint is bad, before you set it down on the floor, rock the wheel top and bottom... Rich |
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