How to remove ball joints without ripping the boots?
Guy
the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
Whats the trick?
thanks in advance for your reply
Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
.. a pickle fork is NOT the right tool. There are several ball joint removal
tools out there. I have two size... they basically look like a "C" with the
top of the "C" very thin and with a split in it, and the bottom is very thick
and contains a hardened bolt. You slide this onto the installed balljoint by
hand (thus avoiding tearing the boot) and then tighten the bolt so that it
pushes directly on the ball joint stud...
Guy wrote:
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1986 Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
1993 Honda Civic Si
Guy wrote:
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1986 Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
1993 Honda Civic Si
Guy
Tekbo6464
hammer the vibration from the blow will make the ball joint come loose this
works on anything with a tappered shaft.you may have to strike it repeatedly so
give yourself plenty of room with an unobstructed swing path try your aim on
something you can't hurt first.
Tim Russell
this. I have seen this method demo'ed on Trucks and Hot Rod TV.
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writes:
>I give up. I've tried greasing up the ball joint removing tool(fork) and
>the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
>
>Whats the trick?
>
>thanks in advance for your reply
>
Get two large hammers and hit the spindle where the tapered ball joint shaft
enters it simaultaneously. You will be hitting perpendicular to the tapered
shaft. This exerts a great force on the taper and will force it loose.
Aloha,
Ed
Michael Graves
it's good insurance but if you did remove the nut, it probably didn't hurt anything.
That's the method i was taught to use as an apprentice diesel mechanic.
danah...@my-deja.com
Depends on how much you want to pay... JC Whitney has the
inexpensive kind. Baum Tools (http://www.baumtools.com)
has the more expensive kind. You get what you pay for.
If you're just going to use it just once, you might try
to rent one at Autozone or somewhere else.
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Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
10 years. I think I got them at Sears, where I got 90% of my tools. Though I
may have gotten them from a brittish part supplier (yeah, had tons of Mini's in
my younger days). Anyways, let me look on the www...
here's one place, though they seem a little big:
http://www.skywaytools.com/dyn.exe?doc=tierod1.dht&
This one seems just right!!!!!!
go to: http://www.minimania.com/
enter the site, and "search inventory" for 07-035 Ball Joint Splitter
That's the ticket!!!!!!
Guy wrote:
> Great! Where can I get one of these?:
>
> > .. a pickle fork is NOT the right tool. There are several ball joint
> removal
> > tools out there. I have two size... they basically look like a "C" with
> the
> > top of the "C" very thin and with a split in it, and the bottom is very
> thick
> > and contains a hardened bolt. You slide this onto the installed balljoint
> by
> > hand (thus avoiding tearing the boot) and then tighten the bolt so that it
> > pushes directly on the ball joint stud...
> >
> > Guy wrote:
> >
> > > I give up. I've tried greasing up the ball joint removing tool(fork)
> and
> > > the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
> > >
> > > Whats the trick?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance for your reply
> >
> > --
> > Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
> > pa...@veng.com, dam...@ameritech.net
> > www.mich.com/~minipaul/
> > 1986 Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
> > 1993 Honda Civic Si
> >
> > Guy wrote:
> >
> > > I give up. I've tried greasing up the ball joint removing tool(fork)
> and
> > > the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
> > >
> > > Whats the trick?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance for your reply
> >
Thi Tran
carries OEM tools ball joint remover also.
Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
will show several small pullers....I have a couple of these and they work okay in
certain instances too...
Paul Damian Korenkiewicz wrote:
> Uh, oh... I was afraid you were going to ask that. I've had mine for well over
> 10 years. I think I got them at Sears, where I got 90% of my tools. Though I
> may have gotten them from a brittish part supplier (yeah, had tons of Mini's in
> my younger days). Anyways, let me look on the www...
>
> here's one place, though they seem a little big:
> http://www.skywaytools.com/dyn.exe?doc=tierod1.dht?
>
> This one seems just right!!!!!!
> go to: http://www.minimania.com/
> enter the site, and "search inventory" for 07-035 Ball Joint Splitter
> That's the ticket!!!!!!
>
> Guy wrote:
>
> ? Great! Where can I get one of these?:
> ?
> ? ? .. a pickle fork is NOT the right tool. There are several ball joint
> ? removal
> ? ? tools out there. I have two size... they basically look like a "C" with
> ? the
> ? ? top of the "C" very thin and with a split in it, and the bottom is very
> ? thick
> ? ? and contains a hardened bolt. You slide this onto the installed balljoint
> ? by
> ? ? hand (thus avoiding tearing the boot) and then tighten the bolt so that it
> ? ? pushes directly on the ball joint stud...
> ? ?
> ? ? Guy wrote:
> ? ?
> ? ? ? I give up. I've tried greasing up the ball joint removing tool(fork)
> ? and
> ? ? ? the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? Whats the trick?
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? thanks in advance for your reply
> ? ?
> ? ? --
> ? ? Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
> ? ? pa...@veng.com, dam...@ameritech.net
> ? ? www.mich.com/~minipaul/
> ? ? 1986 Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
> ? ? 1993 Honda Civic Si
> ? ?
> ? ? Guy wrote:
> ? ?
> ? ? ? I give up. I've tried greasing up the ball joint removing tool(fork)
> ? and
> ? ? ? the boots but the tool still tears the ball joint boot.
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? Whats the trick?
> ? ? ?
> ? ? ? thanks in advance for your reply
> ? ?
> ? ? --
> ? ? Paul Damian Korenkiewicz
> ? ? pa...@veng.com, dam...@ameritech.net
> ? ? www.mich.com/~minipaul/
> ? ? 1986 Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
> ? ? 1993 Honda Civic Si
> ? ?
> ? ?
MidEngMad
>Subject: Re: How to remove ball joints without ripping the boots?
>From: eno...@aol.com (
Don M. Haring, Jr.
<gsa...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Any explanation why?
>
> MidEngMad wrote:
> > Never do this. Especially striking hardened steel alloys with the same.
> > >Get two large hammers and hit the spindle where the tapered ball joint
> > >shaft enters it simaultaneously. You will be hitting perpendicular
> > >to the tapered shaft. This exerts a great force on the taper and will
> > >force it loose.
He's probably saying not to do it based on the theory that the blow could
un-temper the metal. At least, that's the answer I've been told. I think
that's a bogus response though. My understanding is that extreme heat will
un-temper hardened metal, but I don't think a sharp blow would do it.
On the few occassions, I've never been able to get the "sharp blow to the
side of the joint" idea to work. I know that all old timers swear by it,
but I was working with old vehicles will suspensions that probably hadn't
been worked on since new. I had to use a pickle fork and lots of
knuckle-busting (thus tearing the boot). I'm sure an air fork would have
done the trick, but I don't have one.
You can buy replacement boots at the auto parts store, or repair one with
a heavy-duty trash bag and epoxy.
-don
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1980 Vespa P200E | 1966 Falcon Deluxe Club Wagon
1959 Lammy Li150 | 1961 Falcon Futura ... and lots of bicycles
Gennady Samokhin
MidEngMad wrote:
> Never do this. Especially striking hardened steel alloys with the same.
>
> >Subject: Re: How to remove ball joints without ripping the boots?
> >From: eno...@aol.com (
>