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Subject:Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
From:neil N
Date:Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:01 -0800

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Jake de Villiers
<crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Propane is lame - get a real torch and they'll ease out like buttah!
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

For sure man.

I heated it. Saw bubbles of oil between bolt and adaptor. I pounded
it. One finally moved about a mm before the punch bent and broke! Ha
ha!

The spare control arm is "unknown" but looks straight. But the bushing
in the '81 arm has less play so I may try to get someone to press
those F'ers out of the adaptor. Then again a new bushing might be
cheap.

Still. I just have to "win" ya know.   ;)

Neil.