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Ball joints
Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends
and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or some kind of homemade device? TIA, John |
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JS wrote:
> > Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends > and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or > some kind of homemade device? > > TIA, > John The last ones I had pressed out by a shop took 13 metric tons before they poppe3d out. I don't think any homemade device could hack it. You could try heat with a weaker press. What I do is I take the arms out and take them to a shop that does balljoints. Lucky me, my friend works for one. Note the direction during assembly... they only move in one direction. The housing is marked, as is the arm. (underneath all that crud and dirt) Jan |
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agreed... take the arms off and take them to a shop to have new joints
pressed in. I bought new ball joints and took the arms off, cleaned them up and took them to a guy and he had them done in about 20 minutes. charged me $20. some places wanted $20 an arm. so watch out for the hi-way robbers who charge too much! ************************************************** ************** dragenwagen 1966 Type I - Daily Driver 1969 Type I - Undergoing heater channel replacement http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen "Old VW's Don't Leak Oil, They Mark Their Territory." ************************************************** ************** "JS" > wrote in message ... > Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends > and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or > some kind of homemade device? > > TIA, > John > > |
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JS wrote:
> Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends > and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or > some kind of homemade device? > > TIA, > John > > And you'll want to buy this lever-action tool to get the ball joint studs out of the spindles: http://www.etoolcart.com/browseprodu...r-TA61900.HTML Speedy Jim http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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Does this tool really do it? Have you actually used it to remove the ball
joints? They seem pretty heavy duty. Thanks, John "Speedy Jim" > wrote in message ... > JS wrote: > > > Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends > > and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or > > some kind of homemade device? > > > > TIA, > > John > > > > > And you'll want to buy this lever-action tool to get the > ball joint studs out of the spindles: > http://www.etoolcart.com/browseprodu...r-TA61900.HTML > > Speedy Jim > http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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Ooops, never mind. I just read what you wrote again. Disregard the last
post. John "Speedy Jim" > wrote in message ... > JS wrote: > > > Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod ends > > and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? Or > > some kind of homemade device? > > > > TIA, > > John > > > > > And you'll want to buy this lever-action tool to get the > ball joint studs out of the spindles: > http://www.etoolcart.com/browseprodu...r-TA61900.HTML > > Speedy Jim > http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ |
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Wow! One place I went wanted $85/arm and the other wanted $165 for all 4! I
already have the ball joints! These were both VW places too! Jay "dragenwagen" > wrote in message ... > agreed... take the arms off and take them to a shop to have new joints > pressed in. > > I bought new ball joints and took the arms off, cleaned them up and took > them to a guy and he had them done in about 20 minutes. charged me $20. > some places wanted $20 an arm. so watch out for the hi-way robbers who > charge too much! > > ************************************************** ************** > dragenwagen > 1966 Type I - Daily Driver > 1969 Type I - Undergoing heater channel replacement > http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen > "Old VW's Don't Leak Oil, They Mark Their Territory." > ************************************************** ************** > > "JS" > wrote in message > ... >> Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie rod > ends >> and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should look into? > Or >> some kind of homemade device? >> >> TIA, >> John >> >> > > |
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Jay McGraw wrote:
> Wow! One place I went wanted $85/arm and the other wanted $165 for > all 4! I already have the ball joints! > These were both VW places too! > > Jay > I paid $20/arm with my own ball joints, the only other option I saw was a mail order company and they wanted $80 + shipping and my old arms returned , I forget but I think it was in Ca, so with sipping both ways I figured it was cheaper to pay locally (east coast). Dave |
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"JS" > wrote in
: > Anybody know how to get them off? I've got a 66 in need of new tie > rod ends and ball joints. Are there any Bug specific presses I should > look into? Or some kind of homemade device? > > TIA, > John > > Take it from someone who like to do it their self, take them somewhere and let a pro do this. I did mine myself with a press we have(uses a hyd. jack) and it was a very scarry process as it took loads of pressure to move them and when they did move it sounded like someone set off a small explosive device in your face. READ DANGEROUS Pressing them back in was a breeze. Mine were 68 vintage and probably had never been changed. -- Terry B AKA VDUBBS Buggin in Bama http://vdubbs64.tripod.com |
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