[DeTomaso] Rear upper ball joints

[SOBill at aol.com]

NICK,
 
IMHO, yes. You need short piece of specially sized ID tubing which  will 
fit the upper side of the a-arm and just clear the OD of the ball joint.  
There is a quite small lip on the a-arm for this tubing to bear against. Then  
you need a stout means to press ball joint out of the a-arm and into the  
tubing. I have a 12 ton HF hydraulic press and it took some force to  get the 
ball joints out. I can loan you the piece of tubing. Let me  know.
 
When you press the joints into the a-arm you will find that there  is no 
flat surface on the lower side a-arm which completely surrounds the ball  
joint. A part of the surface you would like to have flat has been cut away to  
make room for the ball joint during suspension travel. This caused my ball  
joints to go in at a very slight angle. Final pressing to straighten the 
seating  of the ball joint was done in a big vise.
 
That's what I think I learned when I did my upper rear ball  joints.
 
BTW, the ball joint tool on Panterplace is for separating  front ball 
joints.
 
Have fun,
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 5/13/2010 7:43:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ncpantera at bellsouth.net writes:

Any  tricks to removing the ball joints without damage to the upper  arms?

NICK
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