Did you find the need to apply heat at knuckle where lower ball joint seats? This might expand the metal allowing easier removal of ball joint? I know folks have used that tool w/o the need to apply heat but IIRC, someone suggested this can help. Neil. On 1/10/16, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > John, I will loan you the Harbor Freight ball joint tool set that I used. I > put the big c-clamp part of it in a vise and pressed the old ones out and > new ones in in an hour or so, front and rear. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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