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J_A_M
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yea i got that lesson from the good doc today as well.... :lol:

nasty looking thread Steve, but Slidey will be right after you fix him up :wink:
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So has anyone got a good method of separating the top and bottom ball joints????? I'm Interested to know of other members methods for future reference...

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tie rod splitter...bang bang pop.... :wink:
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Scissor type is best, it doesn't stuff up the ball joint rubbers.. 8)

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Scarey thing I did the same to the traveller on Saturday as someone had borrowed my ball joint seperator. One slip of the hammer and oh bugger, went out bought new seperator 3 twists and pop under 30 seconds. Fortunately not quite as bad as yours but almost (Freaky)

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Steve, i actually have a ball joint splitter.....but the lower still wasn't budging, and the top joint was resonably difficult at first as well............

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68matic wrote:
"scarred ball and peg"
made me cringe and cross my legs...


To quote Robbie Burns :

" no matter how ye squeeze and shake ye peg
the last wee drop runs down ya leg"

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Ok.....recieved the low down on the "method" for getting them off........... from the masterful Mr Jack Read........... even he can still get them off at his age :shock: . Made me feel very, very small and useless to see a sixty-something old man knock the ball joint off first go :oops:

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Ok.....recieved the low down on the "method" for getting them off........... from the masterful Mr Jack Read........... even he can still get them off at his age :shock: . Made me feel very, very small and useless to see a sixty-something old man knock the ball joint off first go :oops:

How did he do it..Chisl

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come on man.. lets see the 'technique'

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I still reckon that it's all bull though.......... he reckons that you hit on the side of the arm............. thus creating a millisecond where the shaft is loose, then the arm drops...... i was using the old loosen the nut until it is flush with the top of the peg.... then hit....... :?

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So you Lossen the Nut and hit the arm on the side and it drops
Bull Shite
Where :roll:

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I can say Shite cant I :roll:

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Jack Read is right. I did it for years like that until I bought a puller.
No more sore thumbs now... :lol:

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Put a heavy hammer directly opposite wher you can hit the side of the arm and hit once very hard with another hammer. One hit and it is off. This method actually distorts the eye of the arm for a very short time and breaks the taper. I have never used or had a ball joint splitter.

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