Well my car is sitting in the driveway on wheel dolleys right now, and i have been trying to get the ball joints and tie rod ends off to replace them but they dont seem to want to budge.

I have pb blasted them, heated them, rented a ball joint removal tool which didnt fit. and smashed on the ball joints with a hammer. Should i just remove the upper ball joint and take it to a shop? and what should i do about the tie rod ends?

Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance.

 

tie rods, if you cant beat the part of the knuckle where the shaft of the tie rod slips down into your easiest way would be to get your hands on a pickle fork and hammer it out


Ball joint, idealy your going to be needing a ball joint press with PROPER fittings, you can beat it out if you take a deep socket and place it over the shaft of the ball joint and hit the socket instead of the ball joint until released. Getting the new one back in i would NEVER suggest beating it in. If you crack the housing your back at square one. I suggest getting the right fittings. Hope this sheds some light

 

i have a fork, i will try that, and im gonna try using the socket on the ball joint i never thought of that. Thanks for the help