cberman

Which one am i supposed to seperate? The one directly below the rotor or the one on the side?

Any tips on how to seperate them? Im using a puickle fork but its being a bitch

darksol2005

the one on the side is a tie rod mount. the one on the bottom is a ball joint........

krustindumm

remove the nut then hit the spindle really hard with a BFH. Dont hit the ball joint, it will mess up the threads.

If your trying to get the axle out it is easier to remove the strut, then unbolt the upper control arm from the body.

Minor Threat

It's all about the wedge type tool.

LSD Motorsports

lol, if you want to mess your bushings up. just use a ball joint seperator and a piece of wood so you dont mess up the threads.

Minor Threat

Bushings shmushings...you want the balljoint off the arm or not?

darksol2005

prybar and hammer. pry up on the balljoint, and hit the lower control arm

cberman

i feel like this shouldnt be this hard, yet they still arent off yet. any more ideas? ive used a pickle fork and just hammering away

cberman

Jhuast kidding...got it out. I disconnected struts from LCA, then jacked up rotors with piece of wood inbetween then started hammering. They actually came out pretty easy that way

rudebwoy

I always ---- the ---- out of them with a pickle fork no wonder why I change my ball joint twice a year