Upper ball joint
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moparfan68
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You will need a ball joint socket .there on ebay for reasonable prices.
ESP47
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If you're doing upper control arm bushings as well, just remove the control arm and flip it over and put the ball joint head in a vice. Then turn the entire control arm to thread it off. Install the new one the same way.
Purple Haze
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Pickle fork will work fine.
Oklacarcollecto
Life is an experiment
A tuning fork will not remove the ball joint from the upper control arm. It will seperate the UCA from the spindle.
green1
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Places rent them. Different sizes.
The original poster is in Australia.
Don't think they have an Auto Zone down under, that has specialized tools for the old American iron.
I have done it without the tool but I had access to a torch. I put the UCA in a vise and heated up the joint with a rose bud and used a pipe wrench to remove the joint.
I took the UCA into a local front end shop and had them install the new joint. Cost me $20.00 and was worth it.
I took the UCA into a local front end shop and had them install the new joint. Cost me $20.00 and was worth it.
Thats what I was aiming at to seperate the ball joint from spindle. Got it off put upper control arm in vice and screwed out ball joint with multie grips, worked a treat, thanks for everyone help.
Cheers,
Monaro
BillGrissom
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For others, look up the "2 hammer method" for releasing ball joint studs. A nice write up on a Mustang site.
green1
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Bill, care to give a link? As old front end guy, I was shown the quickest way was to loosen the nut, and smack the spindle, at the joint with a 2# hammer. Works like a charm, and seal still good. The joint is tapered, the smack expands the spindle, letting the joint fall out.
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