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Ball Joint and Tie Rod Puller Group Purchase -- Tested on a

To: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Ball Joint and Tie Rod Puller Group Purchase -- Tested on a
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:59:28 -0500
I tested our cheapo group purchase puller on my TR250 ball joint this evening. 
It worked perfectly.

I unscrewed the ball joint nut a little but did not take it off the ball 
joint's post -- per the 
directions.

I put the ball joint's shaft deep into fork of the puller -- not out on the 
fork's finger tips, and 
tightened it up. Just tight. I didn't muscle it. Then I took 3 taps with a 
carpenter's hammer and it 
popped out. The taps were strokes about 10" long. Kind of like the few light 
strokes you would take 
when starting a 16d framing nail before you start driving it in with full 
swings.

In my opinion, for $11.77 it's a deal. I can't imagine breaking one of these 
when using the tapping 
method, and I'm not sure why you would not use the tapping method. But I guess 
if some folks don't 
like to tap, there's always the $50.00 pullers.

:-)


Don Malling




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