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JaredKaragen
11-08-2006, 06:07 PM
I can't remember if you have to press or pull em out.

I have to do a set of front balljoints on an acura tomorrow, and I need to know what tool I need to get tonight..... so a quick reply will be a GODSEND!


http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?categorycode=3497&mfrcode=PBI&mfrpartnumber=648605
If it's a puller, I think this will work...
" Low "
11-08-2006, 06:18 PM
since you have to get a puller go to the parts store and look at the haynes manual for it that will tell yah for sure

.....:TU:
PghSOHC
11-08-2006, 06:40 PM
hahah///i always pressed them in/out. make sure you freeze the new ones before putting them in if you don't have a press. it makes life easy!
JaredKaragen
11-08-2006, 08:35 PM
so you have to press em... okay.... I guess we will have to take that one when it comes... cause we don't have a press ourselves, and we'll have to find a good bottlejack for my buddies old press =)

Thanks for the info. At-least we aren't gonna blow the money on a puller we won't need for this job =D

As far as the Haynes manual: At-least you don't recommend chiltons :TU:
4Door Life
11-08-2006, 08:38 PM
i took my arms to a shop and they pressed them in for FREE!!! i tipped them $20 cause i hella apprecieated it...
transzex
11-09-2006, 01:20 AM
BFH......

pound them out, pound them in, done............

Also helps if you have the proper "ring" when pounding in the new BJ's
JaredKaragen
11-09-2006, 01:34 AM
or socket.... lol
transzex
11-09-2006, 01:44 AM
can't get the socket on the lower BJ to drive it in.........

has to be a ring from a BJ press kit, like you'd buy at Harbor Freight.
4Door Life
11-09-2006, 04:01 AM
i took my arms to a shop and they pressed them in for FREE!!! i tipped them $20 cause i hella apprecieated it...


lol, just repeting myself... quick and easy and you know its done right...
K2e2vin
11-09-2006, 07:19 AM
<-Using a Harbor Freight press kit. Old hammer and deep well socket to knock it out, and the press to press it in.
" Low "
11-09-2006, 07:33 AM
As far as the Haynes manual: At-least you don't recommend chiltons :TU:

most auto zones and oreilly's dont have chiltons but almost always have haynes..... i know on civic's you have to replace the arm,the lbj isnt pressable...

edit the upper arm and the tie rod arms have to be replaced, not sure about lower ball joint on the arm....
SLO SOHC
11-09-2006, 07:38 AM
i know on civic's you have to replace the arm,the lbj isnt pressable...

who told you this?

The upper ball joint is the one you have to replace the whole arm!
" Low "
11-09-2006, 07:40 AM
who told you this?

The upper ball joint is the one you have to replace the whole arm!

i edited my post as you did
i was thinkin the tie rod arm......
JaredKaragen
11-12-2006, 06:25 AM
lower balljoints =P
Arachnid
11-13-2006, 07:19 AM
k2e2vin- which press kit did you get?
K2e2vin
11-13-2006, 07:44 AM
The $40 3-1 kit($30 online; the guy at the store told me the retail stores, mail order stores, and internet stores are seperate). I had a 15% off store coupon :-D so I saved like $3-4 from going there myself(IIRC, it's like $37 shipped)

<-Lives 5mins from Harbor Freight, and Northern Tools.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=38335