What is this.. nut thing?
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use a large pickle fork and bust the lower ball joint loose. all the weight is on that one so it sticks.
once you do that, lift the spindle up and out and go have someone press in new joints (hint: press out bottom first, then top, then install bottom first then the top)
once free of ball joints the camber bushing (the 'nut' you see is simply indexible) pretty much comes up with a small tap. get the dual axis adjustable ones from napa.
once you figure out the indexing chart, you can literally do the camber/caster alignment at home if you have a base reading.
once you do that, lift the spindle up and out and go have someone press in new joints (hint: press out bottom first, then top, then install bottom first then the top)
once free of ball joints the camber bushing (the 'nut' you see is simply indexible) pretty much comes up with a small tap. get the dual axis adjustable ones from napa.
once you figure out the indexing chart, you can literally do the camber/caster alignment at home if you have a base reading.
#62
use a large pickle fork and bust the lower ball joint loose. all the weight is on that one so it sticks.
once you do that, lift the spindle up and out and go have someone press in new joints (hint: press out bottom first, then top, then install bottom first then the top)
once you do that, lift the spindle up and out and go have someone press in new joints (hint: press out bottom first, then top, then install bottom first then the top)
#64
I read "GO have someone..." not have some come over and use his C press. The first pile on had very wrong information about ball joints. Even after corrections, bad info was still coming and confusing the OP. I was just trying to be VERY clear. Once the knuckle is off, you are not going anywhere to get any ball joint replaced.
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