URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 7:25:58 PM
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Chevy Lover
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Glad you got it off.
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 7:51:42 PM
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lennyblazer
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Thanks but I still havent got the ball joints off, not sure how they are going to go tomorrow, but I called it quits for today. If anyone has any tips or tricks on how to get them off that would be great.
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 8:35:57 PM
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thegr81
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get them off the control arms is that were your having issues???? also can you post a pic of what your looking at that would help tremendiously
< Message edited by thegr81 -- 10/20/2007 8:36:47 PM >
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 9:26:58 PM
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lennyblazer
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At first I was having issues getting the hub off, then that problem got solved, now I am just trying to figure out what the pickle fork is supposed to do to help remove the balljoints from the upper/lower control arms and the steering knukle. Sorry no pics, just trying to figure out how to approach it. Everything I have read (multiple balljoint how-to things and my haynes manual) doesn't really explain the process well. They just say stick the fork in there and remove the joint.
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 9:35:46 PM
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I know you called it quits for the night, and I'm sure you've tried a lot of times to get the dang things apart. The pickle fork serves as a wedge. After you've driven the pointed end between ball joint and knuckle, keep hammering it in, allowing the wedge to do the work. If that's not cuttin' it, maybe a bigger fork with a steeper angle will do the trick. Keep us posted because I'd really like to save some cash but have been hesitant to do this myself for this reason. I'm worried it's just too much for me to tackle.
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 9:38:00 PM
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Basically in a nutshell, you're going to have to wrestle with it and give it hell. The book didn't go into detail because all bets are off when it comes to yanking ball joints off. You do it any way you can.You can't hurt anything, ya know?
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 9:39:16 PM
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thegr81
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when looking at the ball joint its rivited to the control arm your going to need to drill out the rivets or grind them off without destroying the control arm then if you can get the bolt in style ball joint bolt them back in or if there the pressed in ones you have to have them pressed in at a shop it shouldn't cost that much to have them pressed in
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RE: URGENT!! Need help on removing hub assembly - 10/20/2007 9:49:54 PM
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I have pickle forks and use them as a last resort.
What I recommend is to lift the control arm and put a piece of wood block as a shim between the frame and upper control arm.
Remove the ball joint nuts.
Take a hammer (1 lb ball peen) and sharply smack the steering knuckle and that should release the ball joint.
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