Originally Posted By moparx
Originally Posted By Airwoofer
HDK lower control arm. Except where the shock attaches the geometry is the same as stock ( I stole these pics from HDK at FABO and just noticed the lower shock mount brackets are not on those yet):






this may come across as a duma$z question, but on a fabbed arm or spindle, when the assembly has to come apart, what is the correct method to disassemble the taper[ie., ball joint or tie rod stud] from the mating taper hole ? the factory parts usually have a [what i call] "beating block" you smack with a BFH to "pop" the joint apart. with fabbeb parts, that would scar them up bad, plus, more than likely, egg shape the taper, making the part[s] [in my opinion] useless. what separator, using a threaded shaft, would get the job done ?
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I havent used that type arm before but I use
a pickle fork to separate the ball joints...
I leave the nut at the end of the thread on the
ball joint.. then tap the pickle fork in between
the joint and the arm(hit it in pretty tight) then
smack the end where the nut is... that way you dont
bang on the arm itself
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