Ok well i have been working on my brakes i screwed up and ended up having to disconnect the ball joints from the steering rod and upper ball jointand i cannot get the lower ball joint out at all it is stuck like no other and i cannpt [pick up thew lower ball joint at all im going to get a jack to lift im not sure if im doing it right or that is what i need to do im kind of screwed since i can't drive my car!!! HELP ME

 

anyone have any clue what i am talking about here!??!?!

 

lower ball joint will not come out easily. What I always do is get a long pry bar and jam it between the knuckle and the lower control. then hit the pry bar with a big hammer.

 

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You could do it that way.... which may work and may not... or you could do it the CORRECT way and get a ball joint press and use that. Whatever you were saying about a jack and jacking it up don't do that... that would screw up your ball joint then you will have to replace it... just go rent the tool or borrow the tool.

Just curious but why are you taking the steering knuckle off to replace the brakes??

 

well i was gooing to rent one but the yare like 100bucks and the reason i took the steering knuckle off becuase u can't drop the spindle without taking it off. Im trying to get the axleback in the hub and to line up the splinesand i can't get in until i get the lower ball joint up and reconnect the upper ball joint. And the lower ball joint will not come apart i was using a pickle fork and it would budge i thought if i get the top one out the i could get the lower ball joint out so it wouldn't bind but it won't move!!!

 

also the helms manual is what i was going by to get the knuckle off , i mean how would i get the upper ball joint back together with out jacking it up into place?

 

anyone have a clue what to do i can't get the lower ball joint out at all

 

go pickup a fork at a parts store, I just did my brakes over today and used one that we had at school. it will set you free. set it in there, its common sense on how it goes in/works. Wack if with a BFH (big f*cking hammer) and it'll come off, it'll set you free

 

i tried to do that and i have the FORK but it wasn't doing anything and i don't have enough room to really swing a big hammer and i don't want to screw up the boot on the ball joint

 

you'll be fine, what I did was turn the wheel all the way oppisite of the one you are trying to get off, leaves alot more space.

aside from that, what I've also done is used a hammer on the part holding the balljoint, where it sits in the LCA.

make sure that you have the upper ball joint kinda connected, leave the nut on but on the lowest 2 threads.

 

Go to your autoparts store and get a pittman arm puller.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=761380
Read through that thread.

Here you can see a medium-sized pittman arm puller on a steering tie rod ball joint. Use a larger-sized pittman arm puller for the lower kunckle ball joint.
It is a must that you rethread the castle nut, UPSIDEDOWN, but leave it a few threads deep so the arm puller only pushes on the nut and not the top of the threaded shaft.

 

Ok everybody i got the hub off and now the problem is i cannot get the axle into the hub again. It will not go past maybe an inch of the axle it won't budge the axle will move out but it just van't get passed a certain point and i don't know why or what is going on???

 

someone have any clue what i am talking about am i retarded or what

 

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yes i know im amazing i got it figured out!!!