is there any other tools i can use? when i put a cylinder on top of the ball joint to compress and make the ball joint come out there isnt enough room for the ball joint to go though the cylinder. its just way to tight.

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There are two other options.
One tool I have only seen at auto shops. You slide it on and the crank a bolt pop the ball joint loose. This works the best and wont damage the boot.
You can also use a pickle fork. Only problem is, most times you tear the boot.

Good luck.

 

1.pull of the boot from the ball joint

2.use a deep well socket (a junk one and probably better to be a impact socket) just small enough to fit through the hole in the knuckle that the ball join goes through

3.hammer up on the socket to remove the ball joint(don't forget the snap ring)

4.hammer the new one in by just.....well.....hammering down on the top of it

its that easy. that ball joint press is not needed, and if you go to any honda dealer they do it the same way. a ball joint press does not exist in a honda dealship.

btw, i can to 2 accord ball joints in less then 20mins. from the car being on the ground back to the ground, fastest and easiest way possible

 

i used a pickle fork and beat the hell out of the boot it just didnt work. Then i found a great video on H-T about removel of the ball joint took less the 5 min.great. know one of those cylinders in the pic are just too big and it well not fit over the ball joint correctly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hughesl &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There are two other options.
One tool I have only seen at auto shops. You slide it on and the crank a bolt pop the ball joint loose. This works the best and wont damage the boot.
You can also use a pickle fork. Only problem is, most times you tear the boot.

Good luck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hes trying to get the ball joint out of the knuckle, not pop it loose from the LCA

 

correct iam tying to get the ball joint out of the knuckle and put in a new one

 

the use the socket trick. honda actually makes a tool, that looks like a socket but with much thicker walls, to hammer out ball joints.

 

i found this on HT will this work better?any1 ever tried it?

 

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i found this on HT will this work better?any1 ever tried it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

that is to pop the ball joint from the LCA, its not used to take it out of the knuckle

 

i should just hammer it but its on cement blocks and i dont have enough force to hit the bottom of the ball joint cause the ground its less the 12in away.

 

dude take a pickle fork or ball joint seperator what ever you want to call it and you have to keep hitting it with a sludge hammer until it pops up it will pop up i banged on one for about 20 mins with a sludge hammer and it finally poped out after that to get the ball joint out you have to take the hub nut off and pull the hub away from the driveaxle until there is enough room then you can get it out

 

dude everthing is apart LCA. the fork for the shock to the LCA. and the axle is out. iam just have a troubles with get the lower ball joint out to put in a new ball joint and then i can put in a my new cv axle and put everthing back together which is easy as hell.

 

jon give me a call, i know what you talking about! i have the clip remove kit just come get it
BTW: your best bet is take out the whole front knuckle and pound it out

 

YOu mean the o-ring clip? i have that out all ready iam just trying to remove the ball joint. its just stuck or somthing ill have to hammer the **** out of it in the morning.

 

like i said b4, take out the whole knockle and pound out the lower ball joint! takes about 10 mins
did it like 5 times, the first time takes 2 hrs second one in 15mins

 

but then i have to undo the sway bar, and the strering bar too. and then i have to undo the LCA bolt which may be rusted on and its going to take way too long. when i coulld of just bought the whole LCA arm new with the ball joint.....

 

its harder to pound it out with the hammer from upside down, much easier to if u have the knockle laid on the floor and pound it out with some wd-40

 

go to advance auto parts and rent the ball joint and tie rod tool. in there there is a tool that looks like a v with a screw in the center use that to grip onto the sides and the use a wrench to turn the screw and it will pop it right out

 

you need one of these

dont use a regular hammer you need a big lump mallet or a sledge to get it out

 

ok but NO pic

 

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What?!?!

To get the knuckle off you remove the axle nut, pop the upper and lower balljoints and unhook the tierod on the steering.

Then you can put the knuckle up on a bench and get to work.

 

the LCA is still in place i am replaceing the cv axle. and ran into a little trouble with the fork trying to get the ball joint apart but then i found a video on HT and it work .
know since the rubber boot is all fu*K up i have to replace the LCA BALL JOINT........

 

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What?!?!

To get the knuckle off you remove the axle nut, pop the upper and lower balljoints and unhook the tierod on the steering.

Then you can put the knuckle up on a bench and get to work. </TD></TR></TABLE>

About time sombody chimed in with this. That is the exact way I always do it, 5-10 minutes to remove then just pound the crap out of the ball joint with a sledge and it will pop out. Your sway bar should not have anything to do with it???

 

cant i do this with the LCA still in place???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by twotalefox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cant i do this with the LCA still in place???</TD></TR></TABLE>

If you mean can you remove the knuckle w/ the LCA still in place? yes you can as long as you disconnect the LCA from the lower ball joint on the knuckle. All it takes is to loosen the nuts on the 3 ball joints (tie rod, ubj and lbj) and wack the knuckle w/ a 4# sledge at each joint until it comes loose. once it's loose just remove the bolts and the knuckle comes right out (of course remove the axle nut as well). simple as pie, just takes some elbow grease.