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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.  post-532-0-56951900-1443721248_thumb.jpg. 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 :rolleyes:

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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 :)

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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. 

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I've already posted Weiser Idaho salt pile.

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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.
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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.

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