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1. I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:06:55 -0400; Last night after the RTR meeting I got inspired and decided to try and install my new ball joints on my 1974 TR6. I removed the nut off the bottom stud. Then I took off the two bolts holding the ball; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00616.html (7,801 bytes)
2. Re: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:22:10 +0400 (EDT); Ken, what might be easiest to locate locally would be what's often called a "Pickle Fork"; just a big drift with a two-pronged (forked) end, and the tines of the fork are wedge-shaped. They're cheap; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00618.html (9,269 bytes)
3. Re: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:27:34 +0100; You're lucky; when I have tried this, the stem spins in the taper and I can't get the nut off! Anyway, there are two tools one can use. One is the so-called pickle fork: a tapered fork which is driv; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00619.html (7,742 bytes)
4. Re: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 96 10:42:58 EDT; Hi Ken, There are basically two kinds of ball joint separators - the pickle fork kind and a small press type. I've had better luck with the press type. If you want to drive all the way out to my plac; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00623.html (8,446 bytes)
5. Re: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:51:05 -0400; << An alternative is to tap sharply NOT on the tapered, threaded end of the ball joint but where it mounts in the vertical link. >> GentsI want to sound a caution on this. I think what Andrew Mace is; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00624.html (8,509 bytes)
6. Re: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:57:29 +0400 (EDT); You didn't misunderstand. And you've got a good point about backing up the other side (as John Lye also has pointed out). I really prefer a "pickle fork" or press, but the hammer method can work if o; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00627.html (8,981 bytes)
7. FW: I Need help with Ball Joint Installation! (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 16 Aug 96 08:11:00 PDT; Ken says he needs help with Ball Joint Installation! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Another $ .02 FWIW, I would caution you to measure the width of the ball joint itself before purchasing a pickle; /html/triumphs/1996-08/msg00631.html (7,982 bytes)

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