possible to do ball joints w/o/ removing arm?

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10-17-2010, 03:26 PM

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possible to do ball joints w/o/ removing arm?

is it possible to press out ball joints w/o removing Arms- thinking about buying a press and using the gun to poppm out- any tips?????????

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10-17-2010, 10:07 PM

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I replaced mine without removing the control arms. Obviously you will need a ball joint tool (press) like you mentioned.

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10-18-2010, 10:46 AM

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Yea u can....u can also rent the tool to do it with from probably any auto parts store. I kno O'reilly's & Autozone both have it in my lil town...LOL

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10-18-2010, 04:09 PM

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there is a balljoint tool for it like said...but if you have rivots you need a air hammer or a grinder and a lot of time. the lower balljoints are rivots that i recall. the upper ones are press in and out.

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