I wanted to share this neat trick I picked up while helping my buddy on his civic a while back and we ran into a stubborn ball joint.
I had tried a pickle fork, all kinds of hammering, and PB blaster on my upper ball joint but nothing was working. This video shows the basics but it is not of my car.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=ISY8bGof3bQ[/ame]
For my 74 Duster this is what I did:
-Put the car on jack stands
-removed tire
-removed pin and bolt on ball joint
-lifted the lower control arm with a jack. Enough to get a wrench in between the upper control arm and spindle.
-wedged a wrench in there. On one side I had to cut the rubber boot off. (try to use a wrench that fits nicely around the ball joint)
-slowly lower the jack supporting the lower control arm.
-apply downward force on the spindle/brake assemble. (hope on it. To reduce damage you can put the tire back on, if the wrench is not in the way).
Hope this helps
I had tried a pickle fork, all kinds of hammering, and PB blaster on my upper ball joint but nothing was working. This video shows the basics but it is not of my car.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=ISY8bGof3bQ[/ame]
For my 74 Duster this is what I did:
-Put the car on jack stands
-removed tire
-removed pin and bolt on ball joint
-lifted the lower control arm with a jack. Enough to get a wrench in between the upper control arm and spindle.
-wedged a wrench in there. On one side I had to cut the rubber boot off. (try to use a wrench that fits nicely around the ball joint)
-slowly lower the jack supporting the lower control arm.
-apply downward force on the spindle/brake assemble. (hope on it. To reduce damage you can put the tire back on, if the wrench is not in the way).
Hope this helps