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Originally Posted by Riggodeaux
And here I thought "Goodwood" was the title from some cheap porn movie....
That said, I'm struggling with thrust arm removal from the ball joint on my driver side. Not on a lift, so my leverage/access isn't the best, and I've already broken my first cheap harbor freight 3/4" ball joint tool attempting its use to leverage the thrust arm off the ball joint [nut removed easily]. Hammer, from different angles, hasn't yet done the trick. Any tips? PB Blaster and lack of rust in toasty warm Georgia has made this time-consuming job manageable, but advice needed on knocking this one sumbich loose, then get to the female hex/star bolts holding in the ball joint itself ...
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Remove the tie rod so that you will have more room to get the ball joint separator into the lower ball joint. Took me only a minute with my ball joint separator to pop the ball joint off the tension arm.
This is the ball joint separator I used for both the tie rod ball joint and the lower ball joint.
That a female TORX head screw. You need to get a set of female TORX sockets. Don't be cheap by trying to hammer a regular socket on it and hoping it will work, because it won't and you'll end up buying a a new/use upright.