Not a real fun job, but my brother and I did my lower ball joint yesterday. All of you who warned me that I have to use the right press, were right. Well, almost. My brother has a press from Matco tools, but it wouldn't even come close to what we needed. I had sent him a picture of what we needed, and he was sure we could make his work somehow. Not!
So, we got the steering knuckle out, and tried several local shops around to see if they had a press and would just put in the new ones for us. Not! Those that had a press, wouldn't do the job because I hadn't bought the parts from them! Morons!!! And everyone else didn't have a clue what we were talking about over the phone. There is a shop in Everett that I was preety sure would do it for us, but they aren't open on the weekend.
So, my brother and I were gonna just wait till monday. Then he got the gears in his head turning, and wanted to make a gizmo that we could use with my hydralic press. and what follows is the result. not pretty, but it worked sweet!

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)