Did that all the time in the shop, used a 5# hammer. Works great on
tie rod ends, so-so on ball joints... pickle fork with either the
hammer or on an air gun for the ball joints. Heat once in awhile.
5 pound hammers are wonderful tools... but I do not carry one as part
of my car kit

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  11/18/2010 12:08 PM, Daryl Christensen wrote:
>Don't know if anyone has given this way yet...
>Loosen the nut on the shank of the joint (ball or tie rod) so its just
>holding on by 2 threads and smack the bejesus of the rounded tapered portion
>of receiver with a 2 lb Ford Wrench (Hammer)..not the stud..the part the
>goes to the spindle while prying upwards on the joint itself.. Pry the
>tierod up away from the spindle or the ball joint away from the spindle..A 2
>lb hammer smack will distort the hole enough and after several hits, it will
>generally come loose without hurting either the joint of the boot. Keep the
>nut on so it wont go flyin away.
>Hope this makes sense as I a doing this on the fly...
>
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>425-788-4070
>"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
>86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>neil n
>Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 10:08 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Ball Joint removal.
>
>I'm reminded of a trick a repairman showed me to remove a stuck
>mouthpiece from a trumpet.
>
>The receiver on trumpet and MP shank are a Morse taper. You carefully
>tap on the receiver working your way from narrow end out which ever so
>slightly expands the receiver. This being one technique in expanding a
>cone when manufacturing.
>
>Seems to me the same principal might apply to a tapered part on a
>Vanagon front end. IF so, would it help to start at the narrowest and
>end and work your way "outward"?
>
>Likely totally hard to do given room restrictions, etc., but just a thought.
>
>Neil.
>
>On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
><scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>-
> >
> > 1st method.....
> > here's how you get any tapered 'tie rod end' ...
> > or ball joint out of what it's stuck in.
> >
> > i'll just talk about the tie rod end to illustrate ..
> > for one of those ........it's in the 'spindle arm' ...
> > you get a pretty serious ball been hammer ..
> > I like a slightly shortened handle for more control...
> > and you what that spindle arm straight on the end , hard ..
> > being careful not to hit the wrong thing ...don't want to damage threads
>on
> > anything etc.
> >
> > of the 10th to 30th very hard sharp whack the tapered part will jump out.
> > Check now and then ...it might loosen but not actually jump out.
>
>
>--
>Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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