The boot goes on after the joint is pressed in.

Rob

At  1/9/2013 03:33 PM, neil n wrote:
>I could have worded that differently:
>
>"it would be my preference to press in the lower ball joints or have
>them pressed in."
>
>I know the part is very tough but on my '81, the bellows on a new
>lower ball joint failed WAY early. Poor quality rubber? Mechanic
>pinched or otherwise damaged the rubber while using his BFH method?
>When I asked how the part would be installed, he showed me the really
>well used chunks of pipe he'd use. They looked like they'd been beat
>on real good!
>
>Neil.
>
>On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > At  1/9/2013 10:52 AM, neil n wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Lower ball joint requires access to a proper press or dedicated type
> >> of tool. Check archives. IIRC, Paul Guzyk posted a link to images/text
> >> of how he did. I sent mine to shop. Irony: he used a BFH and pieces of
> >> pipe. Find a place with a proper press.
> >
> >
> >
> > I worked at a front end shop for 5 years and did hundreds of lower ball
> > joints (none of them Vanagon) with a bench vice, 5lb hammer,
> assorted drifts
> > & sockets. This was a long time established mom-n-pop shop & in all the
> > years there was never a problem with this "press".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> > vwrobb@gmail.com