At 10:53 1/27/2005, you wrote:
>Excuse my over-reliance on this list; but could someone tell me something?
>
>I've only used a moderate force (so far) to hit the tie-rod-seperator and yet
>the ball joint assemply doesn't want to come apart. Should I try more force?
>I'm trying to take the ball joint assembly off it's vertical link. (Surely,
>the ball joint assembly doesn't come apart, although I see a place for it to
>seperate)?
The fellow who teaches auto mechanics at our local high school gave me this
tip: using two hammers, smack the link simultaneously on opposite sides of
the ball joint. Usually the ball joint will just pop right out. Worked
fine for me (big sigh of relief!).
hth
Jim
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Jim
jhassall@blacksburg.net
Blacksburg VA
'63 TR4 in autox preparation, 90% finished, 90% to go
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