Thank is a tough job for the stay at home mechanic. i bought my german one and took it to my local mechanic who did all the work for $50. You need a hell of a press to get it in, so i figured if I bothered to take it off, and have a machine shop take out/press in, I h=would be ahead. Adam Puzerewski ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve delasalle" <sdelasal@yahoo.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:10 PM Subject: [VANAGON] Removing the top ball joint.
> Okay .. what's the secret here.... > > I've got one of those wedge things but it don't seem > to make much difference. Should the joint be fixed to > the top sub-frame as it hit it or not. > > I tried one of those screw type gadgets that operate > by forcing the joint apart as you screw it in. - Too > small, could not get it attached. > > A loaned a big mother of a gadget from AUtozone - too > big. This one is like a big G-clamp. you use two > hollow tubes and then screw a piece in .. too > difficult to explain! > > Upshot is I'm making no progress .. any help ? or is > it a job for the 'professionals'! > > steve > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com |
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