Lol, I wish. I spent too much time trying to get my knuckle off the lower ball joint. 8 pound sledge from the top, 8 pound sledge slamming forks into the side in between the knuckle and lower control arm trying to pry them apart. Didn't budge. Gonna have to either cut the ball joint in between the 2 just to get the steering knuckle off the truck. So I can then press the ball joint out of the control arm, and use the press to press the tapered portion out of the knuckle. Or just buy new knuckles and control arms. Good times.
There’s also a press tool for them I you don’t want to hammer on your upper info slot of fleet stuff but there’s that random time a rep for the fleet company brings in his amg Mercedes and u find ways to separate stuff without a scratch normal fleet stuff with aluminum pieces even hammer is still my go to
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You made that look so easy not so much for me I’ve beat the top down trying to get the bottom to pop lose. I’ll keep trying
My uppers are bolted on which seems like a huge time saver not gunna lie
Lol, I wish. I spent too much time trying to get my knuckle off the lower ball joint. 8 pound sledge from the top, 8 pound sledge slamming forks into the side in between the knuckle and lower control arm trying to pry them apart. Didn't budge. Gonna have to either cut the ball joint in between the 2 just to get the steering knuckle off the truck. So I can then press the ball joint out of the control arm, and use the press to press the tapered portion out of the knuckle. Or just buy new knuckles and control arms. Good times.
I just showed the new guy how to do that the other day.
Congratulations…. you have graduated to Apprentice level of old timer mechanic lol
It's science
There’s also a press tool for them I you don’t want to hammer on your upper info slot of fleet stuff but there’s that random time a rep for the fleet company brings in his amg Mercedes and u find ways to separate stuff without a scratch normal fleet stuff with aluminum pieces even hammer is still my go to
Thanks for the great info!