I’ve always had good success with a hand impact wrench and penetration oil. No need to remove the knuckles.
On May 29, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > Dear All: > > While replacing my falling-apart-rusty disc brake dust shields, I've run > into the universe's rustiest fasteners (the machine screws holding said > dust shields on). I'd like to get the steering knuckles off the bus and > onto a bench to work on those nasty machine screws. > > The upper and lower ball joints, as well as the tie rod ends, are in > good shape, and I don't want to do anything to necessitate replacing > those. What's the best way of removing the steering knuckles without > doing violence to anything?
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