I wonder if that puller would fit knuckle of the syncro, probably
would...

my usual method, either pickle fork or puller, is to apply the force
with said tool, then give the bit that houses the bit to be pulled a
sharp whack with hammer (or give the bolt end of pulled a sharp rap),
rather than tightening puller or whacking pickle fork.

But that elegant way did not work yesterday, the bugger was really,
really in tight.

alistair

On 3-Dec-09, at 6:03 AM, Paul Guzyk wrote:

You can borrow a tool like this from Autozone or Kragen etc.

http://tinyurl.com/yd87pfn

A little more elegant than wacking with a pickle fork....just tighten
the bolt with a breaker bar until you hear a big snap...don't worry,
nothing broke, the tapered part of the ball joint just popped out.

Should work with knuckle still on the van (in this photo I had also
removed the lower ball joint)