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Originally Posted by Bajaman
Don't de-emphasize the usefulness of a hammer either. Hammering the side of the spindle, ackerman or whatever your working on while applying pressure with the separating tool does wonders.
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I've always got them out this way without heat. On ball joints I use about a 6-8' prybar putting pressure on the joint to separate. I then hit the outside of the fitting 3 or 4 times with a 3-4lb sledgehammer. Never had that method fail.
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