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Old 11-01-2004, 11:18 AM
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Me.... I was able to pound the old ones out.....I had to take it to a shop to have new ones pressed in. The ball joint tool at the rental shop I used had the wrong sized sleeve to fit the MB joint. Because of this the rental shop refunded me not just the money for the press they refunded me the money for the Coil spring compressor too.

In hind sight I would have bought the press and resold it used on Ebay or hear afterwards....would have been cheaper then paying the shop I took it to. Silver star motors charged me $120 just to press the joints in. I should have price shopped, sure I could have gotten a beter price at a machine shop.
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