Uh, too busy working today to pay very good attention. I took my lowers to
a shop. I did all the rest myself, including the bushings which is what I
was specifically talking about with John. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

Jim

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 12:56 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you find the need to apply heat at knuckle where lower ball joint
> seats?
> This might expand the metal allowing easier removal of ball joint?
>
> I know folks have used that tool w/o the need to apply heat but
> IIRC, someone suggested this can help.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 1/10/16, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > John, I will loan you the Harbor Freight ball joint tool set that I
> used. I
> > put the big c-clamp part of it in a vise and pressed the old ones out and
> > new ones in in an hour or so, front and rear.
>
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