Ball Joint Removal?

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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

I used a screwdriver and a hammer. Put the screwdriver against the ball joint flange and the steering knuckle and pound. The flange will bend to the point the screwdriver blade can go in between the flange and steering knuckle. Keep pounding. The blade will act as a wedge and pull the ball joint down to where you can get a pry bar in there and finish pulling the ball joint. That's the way I did it anyway.

An air chisel will zip that balljoint off in no time. Here's a previous post about DIYer getting frustrated with DIYing.

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

IMHO, DIYers will eventually "give up" DIYing if they don't invest some of the money saved into tools.

Nothing more frustrating then a 3 hr job turning into a 3 day one because tools are lacking.

I upgraded my compressor ($300) and bought the gorilla impact gun ($100) to install a new transfer case chain & seals ($100). This turned a $100 job into a $500 job.

Huge repair cost jump, but the BMW dealer would have charged almost $3000 for a reman TC unit and over $1000 labor.

Future DIYs will be much quicker/less frustrating. Almost enjoyable!

This video shows it being done with just a hammer, but they don't show it actually coming off the spindle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIBppxXXNKc