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I had trouble pressing ball joint in with AZ press
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Originally Posted by kmaysob
those only work to seperate the tie rods and the upper ball joint. they will not help him press the new lower ball joints in. the one you rent at autozone will work just as good as any of them. belive me, i have used it many times with no problems. the harbor freight press is garbage, please dont waste your money. get the one from autozone and its free.carefully use a hammer to pound the old one out and then it will press right in. MAKE SURE IT IS STARTED STRAIT.
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I found an indy could do a better job pressing ball joint in than me and charged $40 including ball joint. I had trouble with the AZ press. It would not go in and I tore my boot as it was too much trouble to try to take it off. In the How TO on lowor ball joint Boostn Benz says he needed every bit of his 900 ft lbs of torque from his impact wrench to press it in. I borrowed my neighbors but do not think it had that much torque. Also you need a big vise or something to hold the steering knuckle thingy that the ball joint presses into. All in all, unless you are really hankering for some adventure, if you have never done it before and have not used the tools or do not have the tools, you are probably better off doing the bulk of the work and taking the the assembly to Indy to press it in. I know I was.
Now where can I get a boot for a ball joint ... 
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