Subject	I agree that hammering is not an ideal method for removal.
Posted by	TriniTT on May 22, 2014 at 3:02 PM
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In Reply To	C-clamp > hammering posted by bartz32tt on May 22, 2014 at 02:36 PM
Message	As you can see, the one I hammered didn't require much persuasion and came out in an unusual intact manner. A ball joint press is essentially a big c-clamp. That's what I used on the difficult one. It seemed to fight the press, so I threw the arm in the oven at 400 degrees until the bushing started to smoke and it came out with some hard cranking. Based on how tight it was in there, I don't believe a standard c-clamp would be up to the task - especially for the ball joints. Cheers, JBrobst
Follow Ups	DIY: front lower control arm service - TriniTT 11:46:34 05/22/14 What is the part number for the ball points? - EZdusit (cali) 12:13:34 05/22/14 ES bushings are PN 7.3108, Ingalls ball joint PN IK9819 - TriniTT 11:42:02 05/23/14 good work! (n/m) - Dallas DamonZ 14:18:47 05/22/14 C-clamp > hammering - bartz32tt 14:36:49 05/22/14 I agree that hammering is not an ideal method for removal. - TriniTT 15:02:19 05/22/14 Yea, c-clamp def wouldn't work on ball joints - bartz32tt 15:57:25 05/22/14 Nice, will refer back to this DIY sooner or later (n/m) - ZEngineer 14:40:20 05/22/14 Beautiful work. (n/m) - JMartz 15:25:36 05/22/14 I used the same tool for the ball joint - ZXRider 15:40:25 05/22/14 Are you sure about that Moog PN? They look rather different - Bernie (NoVA) 11:00:30 05/23/14 Moog K9631 is for the Z31. K9819 is for the Z32. - zQuikonE 11:45:46 05/23/14 Thanks - got a pair K9819 and they are correct. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 13:34:35 05/30/14 You're right. - TriniTT 11:46:25 05/23/14 I've been using the Moog ball joints for a few years without - zQuikonE 12:02:27 05/23/14 Yep, I generally prefer Moog joints but when I couldn't - TriniTT 12:08:06 05/23/14 I was almost going to go that route then... - DVDBURN (MD) 14:52:20 05/23/14 Are those Megans? - TriniTT 15:45:01 05/23/14 I saw a couple of different types. - DVDBURN (MD) 16:13:52 05/23/14
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