spindle made of what?
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spindle made of what?
gunna do the control arms and i was wondering what the spindle is made out of?
i was thinking about just hammering the spindle holding the lca. but dont want to crack anything. (Did this last time)
or should i do the socket method?
thanks
i was draining my coolant when a live BEE came out. Still cant believe it
i was thinking about just hammering the spindle holding the lca. but dont want to crack anything. (Did this last time)
or should i do the socket method?
thanks
i was draining my coolant when a live BEE came out. Still cant believe it
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gunna do the control arms and i was wondering what the spindle is made out of?
i was thinking about just hammering the spindle holding the lca. but dont want to crack anything. (Did this last time)
or should i do the socket method?
thanks
i was draining my coolant when a live BEE came out. Still cant believe it
i was thinking about just hammering the spindle holding the lca. but dont want to crack anything. (Did this last time)
or should i do the socket method?
thanks
i was draining my coolant when a live BEE came out. Still cant believe it
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You are talking about the steering knuckle that the ball joints mount to? I believe those are cast iron or alloy and should be incredibly strong.
I've seen the writeups and videos of both the hammer strike and the socket/wedge method, but I personally used the scissor style separator tool, e.g.:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Performance-Tech-W83022-Ball-Joint-Separator-/190826959996?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item2c6e2c547c&vxp=mtr
which seems like the most correct way to do this, applying pressure in the most appropriate location and direction. It sounded like a gunshot when the joint finally snapped, but it worked pretty well and required fairly little effort to turn the bolt to pop the joint. (Mostly just cringing and waiting for that loud bang ...)
I've seen the writeups and videos of both the hammer strike and the socket/wedge method, but I personally used the scissor style separator tool, e.g.:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Performance-Tech-W83022-Ball-Joint-Separator-/190826959996?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item2c6e2c547c&vxp=mtr
which seems like the most correct way to do this, applying pressure in the most appropriate location and direction. It sounded like a gunshot when the joint finally snapped, but it worked pretty well and required fairly little effort to turn the bolt to pop the joint. (Mostly just cringing and waiting for that loud bang ...)
Last edited by jkowtko; Apr 26, 2013 at 12:48 AM.
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