Post your favorite rear ball joint tool!

[Clavurion]

Before removal warm up the aluminium carrier with hot air gun. Put the new joint in a freezer before hand and it will go in very easily.

[Purplecty]

Originally Posted by Clavurion

Before removal warm up the aluminium carrier with hot air gun. Put the new joint in a freezer before hand and it will go in very easily.

Great tip! Does that really work?

[Overboost]

That looks very similar to the one I bought off FleaBay from the vendor Supercrazy. It did the job effortlessly on the right side but struggled to get the flat edged cup flush on the left side so had to grind a little more of the flat edge. After that everything went in perfectly. I did not have to heat or freeze anything but others have taken that route. No right way or wrong way, just that it gets pressed in correctly.

[Purplecty]

Originally Posted by Overboost

That looks very similar to the one I bought off FleaBay from the vendor Supercrazy. It did the job effortlessly on the right side but struggled to get the flat edged cup flush on the left side so had to grind a little more of the flat edge. After that everything went in perfectly. I did not have to heat or freeze anything but others have taken that route. No right way or wrong way, just that it gets pressed in correctly.

What would cause a difference on one side to the other?

[Clavurion]

Originally Posted by Purplecty

What would cause a difference on one side to the other?

The carrier is cast aluminium part so there might be slight differences on those edges which are not machined where the side of the tool touches.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by Clavurion

The carrier is cast aluminium part so there might be slight differences on those edges which are not machined where the side of the tool touches.

↑ This exactly.

[Purplecty]

Originally Posted by Clavurion

The carrier is cast aluminium part so there might be slight differences on those edges which are not machined where the side of the tool touches.

Ahhh ok makes sense! Thanks for the info! GREATLY APPRECIATED!

[Clavurion]

Originally Posted by Purplecty

Great tip! Does that really work?

Heat expansion/shrinkage is simple physics and works every time.