Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:08:10 -0800
Reply-To: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject: Re: Ball Joint removal.
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Don't know if anyone has given this way yet...
Loosen the nut on the shank of the joint (ball or tie rod) so its just
holding on by 2 threads and smack the bejesus of the rounded tapered portion
of receiver with a 2 lb Ford Wrench (Hammer)..not the stud..the part the
goes to the spindle while prying upwards on the joint itself.. Pry the
tierod up away from the spindle or the ball joint away from the spindle..A 2
lb hammer smack will distort the hole enough and after several hits, it will
generally come loose without hurting either the joint of the boot. Keep the
nut on so it wont go flyin away.
Hope this makes sense as I a doing this on the fly...
Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk
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neil n
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:08 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Ball Joint removal.
I'm reminded of a trick a repairman showed me to remove a stuck
mouthpiece from a trumpet.
The receiver on trumpet and MP shank are a Morse taper. You carefully
tap on the receiver working your way from narrow end out which ever so
slightly expands the receiver. This being one technique in expanding a
cone when manufacturing.
Seems to me the same principal might apply to a tapered part on a
Vanagon front end. IF so, would it help to start at the narrowest and
end and work your way "outward"?
Likely totally hard to do given room restrictions, etc., but just a thought.
Neil.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
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>
> 1st method.....
> here's how you get any tapered 'tie rod end' ...
> or ball joint out of what it's stuck in.
>
> i'll just talk about the tie rod end to illustrate ..
> for one of those ........it's in the 'spindle arm' ...
> you get a pretty serious ball been hammer ..
> I like a slightly shortened handle for more control...
> and you what that spindle arm straight on the end , hard ..
> being careful not to hit the wrong thing ...don't want to damage threads
on
> anything etc.
>
> of the 10th to 30th very hard sharp whack the tapered part will jump out.
> Check now and then ...it might loosen but not actually jump out.
--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
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