SunlitComet
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cool beans.
ball joint replacement
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mattluttrell
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Sometimes you can torch the hole and freeze the ball joint. You can also modify (grind) on the tool adapter if it isn't lining up.
I am new here and have been looking around for fixit tips. I will be replacing the upper and lower ball joints on a friends 99 Tahoe 4X4 as soon as the weather warms up a bit. I'm not sure if this information will be useful to anyone here or not, but here is a link to a fairly detailed "how to" tutorial.
http://www.tribalvisiontruck.com/balljoints.htm
http://www.tribalvisiontruck.com/balljoints.htm
That looks like a good write up. Saved for later use. Thanks!
No. No no no! The Harbor Freight balljoint tool is crap. I own one, and the C-clamp bent up the first time I used it, while installing a ball joint on my Yukon. No impact gun was used, just a long ratchet. In other words, I bent up their sorry excuse for a clamp with my bare hands. The bending of the clamp caused the balljoint to be installed in at an angle.. it was ridiculous. If I had to use the HF tool, it would have taken me hours of re-positioning the tool to compensate for its weakness. But don't take my word for it... have a look at the pages and pages of reviews on harborfreight.com that detail the weakness of that C-clamp.
NAPA sells (and loans!) the Evercraft kit, which I had to switch to.. it's solid. OTC also makes a solid kit that a lot of people like, and generally, I've had good luck with OTC tools. Amazon has it for $107 shipped to my door.
