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Old 05-07-2009, 11:14 AM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by Bajaman View Post
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.
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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