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Old 07-11-2010, 09:49 AM
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Im loosing my mind! Im having issues removing the upper ball joint. IT was the original from dealer (no bolts) The driver side came off with no problems but the passenger side is starting to get the best of me. I drilled them out, tried the fork idea still no budge. I ended up prying the top half off BUT now just the bolt is stuck. I cant move the car now because its disconnected from the spindle. I know it was a bad move but I need help from you wizards
 
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Old 07-11-2010, 10:14 AM
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Is the castle nut still on the ball joint stud? if so take big vice grips and clap down as best you can on the stud and try and remove the castle nut that way.

My upper driver did this and the stud itself just rotated in the joint, so everytime I tried to turn the castle nut off it just spun its happy lil **** off. After the castle nut itself was off I just tapped the bottom of the stud with my trusty "BFH" and it flew out.
 
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Old 07-11-2010, 10:29 AM
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This is a pic of a guy that had almost the same issue except i got my upper part of the ball joint out. The part where his is labeled B is where im F-ed at....
 
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