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Old 02-09-2013, 02:16 PM
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awesome. I will be doing this soon. Replacing my throwout bearing. I read about this somewhere too
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did this when i had to replace a front wheel bearing... spent 2 hours hitting it with an asortment of hammers... used a craftman 3/8 drive ratchet and to popped out first time
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I used the ratchet trick yearssss ago.. Why is it just now being stickied? -_____-
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Looks cool but if you accidentily got your finger close say bye bye... I tried a wrench n no luck so just rented a ball join tool. Still gotta return it lol
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Same here!
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I tried on mine, it didn't work.
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Seeing stuff like this get's me so amp'd. Excellent ingenuity and resourcefulness.
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I usually just wack the area that the ball joint sits into with a huge hammer.
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I followed a similar video using this technique when pulling my motor. I was tired of hitting it with a hammer and this was very easy.
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