Date:         Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:09:48 -0600
Reply-To:     Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Gary Shea <shea@GTSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Shop Press-The Costly Route
Comments: To: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
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[2002-08-31 02:20 -0400] George Goff (THX0001@AOL.COM) wrote:

> In a message dated 8/30/02 4:22:30 PM, msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM writes:
>
> << I ended up bringing the two knuckles and two new ball joints to a local VW
> shop in Decatur to have them pressed out and in....Cost: $100.00 Labor. >>
>
> Mike,
> Yikes, a hundred bucks!  You either have to shy away from those chic VW
> boutiques in Atlanta and find some Good Ol' Boys to do your press work or
> else go to an Autozone where they will lend you a ball joint press for free.
> George

I think he's talking about the lower ball joint on a pre-'83 or '85 or
whenever they got rid of the "ball joint adapter" thing.  You don't mess
with that baby with anything under 10 tons.  I do quite a few press jobs
myself with my home-made 10+ ton press, but not those things.  Of course
I only paid $40 to get mine done ;)

        Gary