Ball Joints on an '89 MJ

[Kenosha Warrior]

How hard? Ive got oxy-torches at my disposal. me and my dad are going to tackle them this weekend. any advice and instructions will be great.

[aemsee]

See if you can rent a ball joint press set up from somewhere. Piece of cake if you have it, lots of pounding and swearing if you don't. Be VERY careful heating up the old ones. There is a 1/2 inch deep hole in the concrete floor of the shop where I work from a ball stud coming out of a heated ball joint at high velocity. Apparently the nylon inside the joint makes a really good seal when it melts and the super heated grease inside likes to expand.

Too bad you weren't closer. I can do a set in about a 1/2 hour with the press I have. Good luck. :beerhead:

[Pete M]

Yeah, see if you can get one of these. Some auto parts stores loan them out for a deposit.

 

[Kenosha Warrior]

so far its me and my old man, with a set of torches and a pair of sledge hammers :), he said he did it on an '84 Ford pickup ,hammer and torches. If push comes to shove, I have a buddy at Battlefield equipment rentals that can shove me one under the cnter free of charge

[pingpong]

Yeah, see if you can get one of these. Some auto parts stores loan them out for a deposit.

 

 

 

Advance sells one as well as Napa. I bought mine from Advance and it was 110 bucks. Mkaes installing u-joints a breeze as well

[DirtyComanche]

The canadian crap tool store "princess auto" sells one for about $20.

 

 

Seems to work fine.

[Kenosha Warrior]

Dad brought home one from work. We got it done in about 5 hours. steers like butter :) in a good way