Re: [FWDLK] Unscrewing Ball joints

[Curtis French <cmf392@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to what others have said, you'll need a long breaker bar and
maybe a length of pipe over that to get enough leverage to break it loose
and get it turning.

When you put the new ball joint in, make sure it will take the full
recommended torque.  It it won't, the threads on the control arm probably
aren't good enough to hold the ball joint.  Tried that once on a 66
Barracuda; the BJ stayed in for more than a year, but popped out one day
when I hit a pothole.

Curtis
59 Coronet
56 Belvedere

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Van Humbeeck" <vincent.vanhumbeeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Unscrewing Ball joints


> Hi everyone,
>
> I will be true to my gender and thus ask you a question before even
looking
> in the service manual (though I'm not sure the information is in there). I
> will attempt at unscrewing lower arms ball joints (I bought the special
tool
> through Miller SPX) tomorrow, and I know two things : it's a tough nut to
> crack, and Chrysler engineer were pranky when it came to screw or unscrew
> things, so I must ask the obvious question in order to prevent going
nuclear
> on the poor thing : anti-clockwise or the other way around ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vincent Van Humbeeck
> '58 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe
>
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