XRF Balljoints

[dave110]

Finally got em in. Was not too bad a job really. I had never seized the hub when I replaced it so that came apart easy after I had the bolts out. Not sure why they where so tight. I also soaked everything with PB Blaster every week for 4 weeks prior to doing the job so that helped too. It still took a 3 foot pipe on the end of my H.F. breaker to get the bottom nut loose. Say what you want about H.F. but my stuff has never let me down . I also used the ball joint press from them which worked great. The only thing I could have used was a 2.25" I.D. x 3" long tube but I made it work. Put some pressure n the joint and tap on the side of the casting to help free the joint and you won't kill your press.  . With my 99 the joints are in the knuckle so I could take the whole thing and put it in a vise to remove the joints.  . Put a new inboard rotor on while I was in there since it all has to come apart to change rotors on a 99 and put it back together using the torque sequence in the supplied instructions and done. Now..... where did I put my beer

Edited October 1, 2015 by dave110

[dave110]

Hmmmm.. where did all my pics. go? Here they are hopefully]

Edited October 1, 2015 by dave110

[Mopar1973Man]

OMG! Look at all that nature's thread locker! (Rust!)

[dave110]

Yeah, Nobody in any other state needs to tell me about road salt. PA. has got to be the worst.

[Vais01]

Yeah, Nobody in any other state needs to tell me about road salt. PA. has got to be the worst.

Probably why the Amish still use a horse and buggy 

[dave110]

Ha, Ha, but seriously, the road salt does wreak havoc on the wooden buggy wheels and steel rims. Salt shrinks the wood and they need to refit the rim on. Blacksmith has a special tool he showed me to do the job. Kinda makes ball joints seem easy

[Vais01]

Ha, Ha, but seriously, the road salt does wreak havoc on the wooden buggy wheels and steel rims. Salt shrinks the wood and they need to refit the rim on. Blacksmith has a special tool he showed me to do the job. Kinda makes ball joints seem easy

I hear you there. Salt dries up just about everything and swells steel up with rust. Seems a great solution would be to paint everything once a year.

 

Now I am curious to see this wagon wheel tool. 

[Mopar1973Man]

I've already posted Weiser Idaho salt pile.

 

The only thing I can suggest is getting a small hone stone/brush and lightly hone out the ball joint holes to clean them up a bit. Also make sure to coat the holes with anti-seize so maybe next time its not so bad.

 

As for rust even though Idaho pours the salt and stone down on the highways. I lucky so for to keeping the rust at bay.

[dripley]

Glad you got them in there.

[dave110]

 

I've already posted Weiser Idaho salt pile.

 

 

The only thing I can suggest is getting a small hone stone/brush and lightly hone out the ball joint holes to clean them up a bit. Also make sure to coat the holes with anti-seize so maybe next time its not so bad.

 

As for rust even though Idaho pours the salt and stone down on the highways. I lucky so for to keeping the rust at bay.

 

Getting the joints out was really no problem. Much easier than I thought. It's not the rock salt that's so bad but the liquid pre- treat they started using a few years back. Sodium hydro chloride or something. All the DOT trucks have a big liquid tank on the back now and what ever that stuff is eats vehicles for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

[BBHD]

Sounds like the mag-chloride colorado uses...nasty stuff!

[The_Hammer]

Maybe it's just me but I think it's absolutely retarded that I to have order Spicer ball joints because not a single damn parts store carries them. 

[Mopar1973Man]

China made stuff first before USA made don't you know.

[The_Hammer]

Isn't that the truth and then some. 

On a completely different note, how do I "like" someone's post on here?

Edited November 22, 2015 by The_Hammer

[Me78569]

bottom right of the post corner should be a "like this "button.

[The_Hammer]

This is all I see.

 

[Me78569]

oh you are on your phone,

 

Let me look

 

 

humm mine shows "like" in the bottom left on my phone.  What phone are you using?  What does the "+" do?

Edited November 23, 2015 by Me78569

[BBHD]

Mine also shows on the lower left

[The_Hammer]

The "+" is a multi-quote thing. 

I'm not a paying member yet and yall' are, maybe that's the problem? 

[Me78569]

maybe,

 

I looked through the settings, but I didn't see any permission for it.  Ill dig some more.