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Dead thread revivle. How on earth did you guys get the seat off the old ball joint... Didn't know the mevotech one needed it (I know stupid mistake) till I installed it and have been trying to beat my old one out for the past 2 hours. If I had known concept z had them before would have gotten those. They have seats
P.S. harbor freight sets worn great for getting ball joints out. You need both ball joint sets though. I'm going to return them since well I'll never need them again
[QUOTE=350Z Project X;10642081]Dead thread revivle. How on earth did you guys get the seat off the old ball joint... Didn't know the mevotech one needed it (I know stupid mistake) till I installed it and have been trying to beat my old one out for the past 2 hours. If I had known concept z had them before would have gotten those. They have seats
P.S. harbor freight sets worn great for getting ball joints out. You need both ball joint sets though. I'm going to return them since well I'll never need them again
Which set did you get from Harbor Freight, do you have the part number for that ball joint removal tool?
I didn't have to use a torch or any prying to remove the cylindrical cones off my ball joints. I simply used a ball joint separator tool as pictured below. It works effortlessly to remove the cylindrical cone off an old ball joint, even though it was probably not designed for it.
What Len said. At the dealership, I remove the knuckle from the car. So much easier. Press out the old, heat the cone until it falls off, press new ball joint in, slide on cone, re-install on car. Takes about 30 minutes per side.
What Len said. At the dealership, I remove the knuckle from the car. So much easier. Press out the old, heat the cone until it falls off, press new ball joint in, slide on cone, re-install on car. Takes about 30 minutes per side.
Terrible advice.
Where did you get your automotive training?
When I was trained by the factory team in Japan, we were taught to never torch heat suspension components you will be reusing.
As I have said above, with a common tool found in shops or garages, the cone will come off very easily.
03-28-2015, 06:07 PM
