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Originally Posted by tangofox007
I doesn't matter how careful you are. There is no way that a generic press is going to apply pressure at the proper point (at the flange) on the ball joint. Your picture proves that.
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Other Forum Members from this Forum and Benzworld have used the same or similar tool. I got the idea from this Forum.
The pic you saw was only one of a series of pics. In order to press the Joint all the way down I had to use a Pipe under the bottom as a spacer so the Joint would push out all of the way to the bottom.
However, the truth is that the C-press is not a very precision item and you need to be careful to keep things lined up.
See what one of our members did:
w123 ball joint tool; see post #13 for the homemade Ball Joint installer
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/299429-w123-ball-joint-tool.html