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Old 06-26-2012, 03:48 PM
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just did my thrust arm and ball joint on the pass side. Literally took about 20 min total. Leave the ball joint attached to the thrust arm and beat the thrust arm with a hammer to get the bj loose. Very easy job.
One method is to tap on the side of hub where the ball joint taper is attached and goes through the hub. This gives an impact to a jammed joint taper and ball joint drops off by itself.
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