Newton and it was an upper ball joint.

And yes. It was stuck. It took a hot wrench to get it loose.

Jim

On May 13, 2011, at 10:24 PM, neil n wrote:

> Caveat: At a campout, I witnessed Jim Arnott and Jason (gosh what's
> his last name? Sheesh I should know this!) pounding the you-know-what
> out of his steering knuckle to get it off the UBJ. Seems these parts
> can get goot and stuck.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:56 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I need to have a front right lower ball joint replaced. Is this a
>> pretty
>> simple job? Or should I have the mechanic take care of it?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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