Fork balljoint separator made a mess of rubber shoe

#21

reg wrote

Quote:

1.remove joint
2. buy new joint
3. fit new joint
3a. drop nut in long grass and spend 2 hours looking for it.
4. the jobs a good 'un !
--

Roger Hunt

#22

Tim wrote:

Quote:

The one you wanted has a threaded bolt running through it and works
like a clamp, pushing the bolt downwards whilst levering up on the hub.

The shop had one of those in, but the guy behind the counter said they
were fiddly and often slipped off. He recommended the fork and it was a
few quid cheaper. Gutted, I would have been more than happy to pay the
few quid more if it was the right tool for the job.

Live and learn eh?

Regards,

Tim

Do they sell balljoints too?

D

#23

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Guy King <guy.king (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk>
saying something like:

Quote:

The message <4ee2cf11cfdave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk
from "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> contains these words:

IMHO an urban myth.

It's never worked for me. Stick to the proper puller.

Two hammers have worked for me plenty of times. Nothing mythical about
it.
--

Dave
SE6a

#24

In article <dv0h43dhgps175vlpd430fb0m1623gp6lr (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>,
Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE (AT) REMOVEgmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Guy King <guy.king (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk
saying something like:

The message <4ee2cf11cfdave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk
from "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> contains these words:

IMHO an urban myth.

It's never worked for me. Stick to the proper puller.

Two hammers have worked for me plenty of times. Nothing mythical about
it.

Try reading the original post.

But two hammers just give twice the opportunity to damage something.
What's wrong with using a puller?

--
*Vegetarians taste great*

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

#25

David Hearn wrote:

Quote:

Tim wrote:

The one you wanted has a threaded bolt running through it and works
like a clamp, pushing the bolt downwards whilst levering up on the hub.

The shop had one of those in, but the guy behind the counter said they
were fiddly and often slipped off. He recommended the fork and it was
a few quid cheaper. Gutted, I would have been more than happy to pay
the few quid more if it was the right tool for the job.

Live and learn eh?

Regards,

Tim

Do they sell balljoints too?

D

Yep, just called up £10 for a new track rod arm. I was expecting him to
say that he'd already got one in for me

.

Regards,

Tim

#26

Quote:

bloody hell ! you reading the HBOL word for word.

1.remove joint
2. buy new joint
3. fit new joint
4. the jobs a good 'un !

I learnt a lesson not reading word for word. When doing the shock
absorbers I only lifted the side I was working on and not 'the front of
the car'. This caused no end of amusement trying to refit.

Regards,

Tim

#27

Guy King wrote:

Quote:

The message <4ee2cf11cfdave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk
from "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> contains these words:

IMHO an urban myth.

It's never worked for me. Stick to the proper puller.

Looked in the Haynes on how to remove the track rod end. Here they have

a picture of the proper ball joint puller in use, gutted.

Regards,

Tim

#28

On Mon, 14 May 2007 17:33:29 +0000, Tim wrote:

Quote:

Guy King wrote:
The message <4ee2cf11cfdave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> from "Dave Plowman (News)"
dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> contains these words:

IMHO an urban myth.

It's never worked for me. Stick to the proper puller.

Looked in the Haynes on how to remove the track rod end. Here they have a
picture of the proper ball joint puller in use, gutted.

Regards,

Tim

==================================
All three types are 'proper' so don't be too hard on yourself. It's a
matter of opinion which is best but many people swear by the split wedge
type because there are no moving parts to get damaged. It's a bit
unfortunate that you wanted to re-use the existing ball joint but that
isn't always the case.

And don't forget the twin hammer method which has proved unexpectedly
controversial here.

Cic.

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Using Ubuntu Linux
Windows shown the door
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#29

The message <lH$M0LANAHSGFwHi (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk>
from Roger Hunt <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> contains these words:

Quote:

3a. drop nut in long grass and spend 2 hours looking for it.

That makes it almost a pingfuckit.

--
Skipweasel
We have always been at war with Iran. [George Orwell - almost]

#30

The message <4ee2efd6d3dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk>
from "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> contains these words:

Quote:

But two hammers just give twice the opportunity to damage something.

If you're sufficiently coordinated and there's room to swing 'em both
you could clout the socket from both sides simultaneously, which if done
very well indeed would save all sorts of damage.

--
Skipweasel
We have always been at war with Iran. [George Orwell - almost]

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