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The factory service manual shows a tool that pushes the top ball joint stud against the bottom ball joint stud. It looks sort of like a turnbuckle or something. What happens after the first one pops loose? Now you have nothing to push against. Does anyone have a picture of a correct tool? I'd gladly try a different approach. Often when I want to save a nice grease boot, I'll use two hammers opposed and hit the knuckle/spindle from 2 sides. after a few raps, the ball joint usually squirts out!




Here ya go,Frankie. Note that the tool(I use a 1" coupling nut and machine screw) is only a helper."Tighten tool enough to place ball joint stud under pressure then strike steering knuckle arm with a ". When one is removed the tool goes against the knuckle. I much prefer this method to beating the crap out of the knuckle and it's a lot easier.

Last edited by runinonmt; 09/18/12 10:34 AM.

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