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Front Lower Ball Joint separation bugger!
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<blockquote data-quote="dubdubz" data-source="post: 151486" data-attributes="member: 1072"><p>undo the ball joint nuts - u may want to mark the top eccentric? nut before as this is partly how your front is aligned for camber?</p><p></p><p>any hoo once you're happy u can reassemble.....undo ball joint nuts - get brake parts out of the way.</p><p></p><p>then with reasonable size hammer [re lump] strike the arm end nr to where the ball joint goes through- don't hit the balljoint just the trailing arm [try to hit opposite arm, ie as square on the end as possible]- the principle is to distort the tapered hole for the metal/metal connection to disconnect and viola the bj will pop....I always leave the nut partially on so it doesn't just drop!!</p><p></p><p>there's a bit more to it - this is the simplified - but following haynes will help anyway</p><p></p><p>I never use a splitter as it always damages the boots [ well imho of course......!]</p><p></p><p>I might do a vid............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dubdubz, post: 151486, member: 1072"] undo the ball joint nuts - u may want to mark the top eccentric? nut before as this is partly how your front is aligned for camber? any hoo once you're happy u can reassemble.....undo ball joint nuts - get brake parts out of the way. then with reasonable size hammer [re lump] strike the arm end nr to where the ball joint goes through- don't hit the balljoint just the trailing arm [try to hit opposite arm, ie as square on the end as possible]- the principle is to distort the tapered hole for the metal/metal connection to disconnect and viola the bj will pop....I always leave the nut partially on so it doesn't just drop!! there's a bit more to it - this is the simplified - but following haynes will help anyway I never use a splitter as it always damages the boots [ well imho of course......!] I might do a vid............ [/QUOTE]
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