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RE: ball joints

To: "Autox \(E-mail\)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: ball joints
From: "Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:41:24 -0700
Too bad this brute force method doesn't work on SU carbs. Even if the car
didn't run any better when I was done, at least I'd feel better :)

Paul Bauman
Westminster, CA
67 1600


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andy Cost
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 4:41 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: ball joints


I use a pickle fork and a 10 pound sledge hammer to get the front end apart.
You have to really whack the pickle fork but it eventually pops loose.  I've
also hammered the threaded end of a balljoint with a 3 pound sledge and
gotten it loose but the pickle fork is the better method.  There is also a
type of puller that you can buy which is more gentle.  I don't know how well
the pullers work because I've never used one.  I like whacking stuff with
the sledge too much.

Andy

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