willahlborn

HMT version 2.0, as in... my car is being redone, with whole new turbo setup.

Dr.Boost

Please. You'll be pissed if it breaks/comes undone.

Checker auto parts will lend you a press for free. Just ask for it.

Ball joints are scary. I hate those damn things. Every vehicle I drive has fresh balljoints.
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xpert787

if you dont feel like pressing it out you can beat it out with a hammer, just remove the clip first with some snap ring pliers. Then beat the new one in since i dont think it hurts it to hit it from the flat side.

HMT-Admin

Definatly replace the ball joint kevin, Twice I've had ball joints come loose on me, This was a long long time ago and I did the same thing, I ended up smacking the bottom of the ball joint and mushrooming the bottom end, had to cut a little bit off and just run a nut on there, Both times the ball joint came off I was in a parking lot, no real damage, but talk about scary.

I've never had to use a ball joint seperator on honda/acuras. It's a fine technique on how to remove them. Its called used the biggest hammer and smack the side of the lower control arms as hard as you can several times, both sides. About 10 smacks with the BFH they ALWAYS come loose for me. It's actually one of my favorite parts when replacing a axle, I just take my anger out on the lca's

Anyhow, back on topic.. the only time I ever break ---- is when I'm taking apart plastic stuff like doing dashboards and stuff, cars that I am unfimilar with, I just start ripping and tearing. I rember the first dash on a 300zx I did, dear god LOL

Jeff

Reddy

lol, I thought I was the only one. My buddy with the SHO has a 8 foot pole that he wedges in there and just ------- jumps on it and they come off like nothing

robs99si

i broke a balljoint rubber cover trying to get it out so i could install my clutch. beat the living crap outta my brake disc trying to get the hub off so i could install lugs in the hub...ended up porking out some $$ to get it done at a shop, brake disc was ok, just a few dents in it.
i don't realy brake stuff when i work on my car, i just end up doing things over and over= the small things like the vacuume hoses, painting charge pipes, boost controler,
but ----, i aint a profesional mechanic and neither are alot of us here. yea we can work on cars and the end result will be goo, but we can't compare our skill and practice to a 40-50 hour a week working professional mechanic.

Dr.Boost

Haha, dashes suck. I've fucked up some dashes myself.
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Honda16hb

I broke alot of ---- on my dash torquing the bolts down, but you really only need about 3 bolts to hold that bitch on there, when the doors are closed it won't fall out anyways.

bambooseven

at least you're open about it.

projekteg

i take them off like that too, but the si control arms are different and don't have that little flat spot to hit. this is how i got the driver side off, but the passenger side was in there good. i hate a ball joint seperator b/c it always rips the boot :P anyways, what do think about drilling a very small hole through the nut and bolt while it's bolted on and sticking a cotter pin through it? i mean i only cut off a few threads, just enought to where i can't put a cotter pin in, but there is still plenty off thread for the nut to hang on to, so as long as it has a cotter pin to hold it in place, it should be alright, right? got the tps fixed yesterday, now i just need a radiator fan shroud. i'm driving around with no fan, but the car hasn't gone over normal temp once, not even at stoplights