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Dec 11, 2009 | 07:55 PM

#31

mechelement

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From: Eaton, CO

I got to see a Snap-On ball joint press after I did the job on my truck. It's super nice and you sure pay for that super nice. All of the different sized implements used for different ball joints actually attach to each other so they don't fall apart as seen in the video and as they did when I was trying to align everything when doing my front end.

Dec 11, 2009 | 08:10 PM

#32

BadDogPSD

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From: Reno, NV

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Originally Posted by WA.Ranger

My Harbor Freight press worked great.

Broke mine... bought a used 94 Dana 60 (was supposed to be a 96!) off ebay. Pic's that were sent was not what I got... looked like it had been sitting on the bottom of the sea for a few decades. Broke the Harbor Freight C-clamp trying to get the old ball joints out. Borrowed an OTC press and was able to get them out & the new ones in.

Dec 11, 2009 | 08:15 PM

#33

mueckster

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From: Damon (South East Texas)

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Originally Posted by onelionhunter

So long as I don't have to dress up like the OSHA man with hand condoms, I am thinking I may get trough this alive.......

Thanks All

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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead

Try handling greasy auto parts for 27 years, you'll want the protection.

After almost thirty years of grease and grime, I still can't bring myself to use gloves. I've got a box of the latex ones in my shop at home and still haven't opened them.

Dec 11, 2009 | 08:18 PM

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mueckster

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From: Damon (South East Texas)

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Originally Posted by BadDogPSD

Did you take it back to HF?

Dec 12, 2009 | 07:30 AM

#35

Kwikkordead

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From: Rio Rico, AZ.

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Originally Posted by NEIowa

2 questions

Why not just heat the outside of the upper control arm in the 2nd video with a oxy acetelene torch?

And what kind of 1/2 inch rachet did you put that cheater pipe on? I only let myself do that with breaker bars.

I've done the heat method and that is why I bought the tools to do the job right. They wouldn't come out of there unless we got it red hot and by then I was worried about killing the temper on the trailing arm.
That ratchet is older than I am and I have a lot of grey hair. It rotates one way only, so to reverse it, you have remove the socket and push the driver to the other side.

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Originally Posted by mueckster

After almost thirty years of grease and grime, I still can't bring myself to use gloves. I've got a box of the latex ones in my shop at home and still haven't opened them.

I'm back and forth actually. I'm tired of the black cracks on my fingertips.
I'm also tired of changing out the gloves every time they get caught on a piece of something and then they tear.

Dec 12, 2009 | 08:08 AM

#36

riverrat41

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From: Glen Rose,Texas

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Originally Posted by mueckster

After almost thirty years of grease and grime, I still can't bring myself to use gloves. I've got a box of the latex ones in my shop at home and still haven't opened them.

Ive been working Industrial Maintenance in a chemical plant for 13 years and you will make sure you have some rubber gloves on there because most everything is corrosive...Everybody has different situations...You are clean when you pull the gloves off and you get used to working in them.

Dec 12, 2009 | 10:48 AM

#37

mueckster

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From: Damon (South East Texas)

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Originally Posted by riverrat41

True. I have had a few times that gloves actually were a hinderance instead of a help. Then again, I could had avoided a few scrapes and busted knuckles if I had used them.

Dec 12, 2009 | 09:10 PM

#38

Visseroth

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From: Northern Idaho

Still no one has answered my question.
How often do you guys change your ball joints? One guy said he changed his once or twice a year, but that may be due to the fact that he drives bad roads and has more then one rig.