[DeTomaso] Rear upper ball joints

[boyd casey]

There is an article on the Pantera Place web page that describes a
technique. Here is the link:

http://panteraplace.com/page207.htm


Good luck, I hope this helps.
Boyd

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:11 PM, <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:

> If you search the archives on this topic you will find some posts that
> describe a "dealy" or "thingy" that can be used for this.
>
> IIRC it is basically a coupling nut you buy at Home Depot for about 49
> cents and you put a bolt in each end. As you turn it it expands. I used it
> to easily remove the ball joints on my car without damaging anything.
>
> Jim Oddie
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> To: Nick Kuharcik <ncpantera at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 7:59 pm
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear upper ball joints
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>   I just did it on all four wheels. I used a standard ball joint tool which is
> like a wedge shaped fork.you just place it under the ball joint and whack it
> with a small sledge hammer. The ball joints are mounted on tapered shafts
> and they pop off when you drive the wedge between them and the a-arm.
> Boyd
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> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Nick Kuharcik <ncpantera at bellsouth.net>wrote:
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> > Any tricks to removing the ball joints without damage to the upper arms?
> >
> > NICK
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