Jeremy DuBois wrote:
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> Ok, who the heck decided they'd put about a thousand ball-joints and drop
> arms in the TR3's steering system?!?!? I'm trying to get them all apart,
> and am having a heck of a time. Even with the smallest puller I could find,
> I don't have any room to get the puller on any but the outer most the
> joints. My current plan is to remove the radiator and attempt to pull the
> whole system out the front of the car, where I can get a better grip on the
> joints. I'm pretty sure this is going to work, and I wanted to pull the
> radiator anyway, but does anybody have another solution? (I just loved the
> workshop manual's typical directions: Remove using a "suitable lever". Gee,
> thanks.)
>
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> Jeremy DuBois jer@thlogic.com
> Manager, Info Systems http://www.thlogic.com/~jer/
> Thermalogic Corporation '60 TR3A, '74 MGB, '76 Spit
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I used a device known as a "pickle fork". You can get them at the local
parts store. It is basically a split wedge that you drive between the
ball joint and the arm that it is attached to. It rips up the rubber
boots, but it does separate the ball joint.
Michael J. Marr
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