TRAC BAR BALL JOINT REMOVAL: hope this helps someone

Jordan8505

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I put together a little video explaining how I removed my ball joint for the trac bar. Some people like me cut off the threads, use a press, try the air hammer but it doesnt work.

I would up pushing the ball through the bottom and the outside was still stuck in the axle housing. Im not the only one I've seen with this issue so I hope this video helps someone in the future.

http://youtu.be/yO5VsYhZkug
 

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Good vid. I know that pain too well.
I chopped the threads off, had pressure on it with the press, smacking the mount with a hammer, and heating with a torch.
I was moments away from chopping off the entire mount when it finally let go.

Seriously. worst ball joint ever. I don't even want to find out what it's like with the axle under the truck.
 

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Thank you! I wish I'd of thought of making it before hand so I could be a little more in depth on how I did it but I figured anyone should be able to figure it out. Yeah I'm so glad I was already rebuilding the whole thing and had it out. I was flipping that thing back and forth trying to work on that piece of crap lol.
 

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