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mr48chev · 11-30-2009, 03:38 AM

I don't know if you can rent a ball joint press at a parts house or not.

The tool you need looks like this http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38335

That one is a knockoff of the OTC brand one I have which I see has gone down in price a lot since I bought mine.
http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool.../OTC-7249.html
With one of these you press the old ball joint out and press the new one in and it works slick. You want to grease up the threads on the screw pretty good though.

The C clamp part works great for changing U-joints and I use mine for that all the time.

11-30-2009, 03:38 AM	#2
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,286	Re: lower ball joint removal I don't know if you can rent a ball joint press at a parts house or not. The tool you need looks like this http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38335 That one is a knockoff of the OTC brand one I have which I see has gone down in price a lot since I bought mine. http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool.../OTC-7249.html With one of these you press the old ball joint out and press the new one in and it works slick. You want to grease up the threads on the screw pretty good though. The C clamp part works great for changing U-joints and I use mine for that all the time. Last edited by mr48chev; 11-30-2009 at 03:40 AM.