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Their newish online parts site is.... Cruiser Teq | Land Cruiser Specialists Powered by Cruiser OutfittersTheir website sucks... bad...
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It was posted in a link above, but I think the gold standard for separating the lower ball joints is the OEMTOOL 27170. Right now I am looking at it with much affection!
Pushes straight which is key. Has strap bolts that keep it from flying off and also centers it. You have to remove the disc and dust shield to get it on though.
The screw feels like it is made out of good stuff. Impact banged it and it was off.
The thing that amazed me was my ball joints were just married up to the knuckle and had less than 10 miles on them and were this hard to get BACK off.
This is a Free rental from Autozone or $69 on Amazon
Definitely an improvement. Is there any way to filter by Series?
I had the same issue last weekend on my new LCA ball joint. The little triangular file in this kit make quick work of fixing it.So this LBJ is not quite done screwing with me it seems!
The ineffective tools I used damaged some of the threads on the end of the Ball Joint stud. Tried to clean the up today with a needle file but that hardly ever works well for me.
Anybody have any suggestions about how to clean up the threads?
Here's some of the issues:
1) I don't have a thread die that big and I don't know the size. Seems like it may be 18mm
2) The stud rotates, so it is hard to tell how close I am because you can't put any real torque on it to thread the nut on. Which would cause me some issues with a die as well. There is the cotter pin hole I can put a screw driver through.
If anyone knows any thread restoration tricks that might work, I'd Love to hear them.
I had the same issue last weekend on my new LCA ball joint. The little triangular file in this kit make quick work of fixing it.
If it doesn't block too much working room, the trick I've used to get ball joints with marred threads back on was to clean both the smooth tapered ball joint shaft and the reverse taper on the knuckle with brake clean, then with some 500 grit sand paper, scuff up both surfaces. Then put them together and use a large channel locks with a friend helping (or if solo something like a wood glue clamp) to exert opposing pressure on the top of the ball joint and the underside of the knuckle.
The clean/scuffed up bolts have enough friction that you can get the nut to thread on past any minor imperfections on the ball joint bolt. I use a spare nut that matches up, and using my impact I run it on and off the offending thread a dozen times or so until it is smooths out. Then throw on the good bolt.
Might be useful in this application.
If I replace it with a new ball joint, then I don't need to care about the thread on the old one right?If it doesn't block too much working room, the trick I've used to get ball joints with marred threads back on was to clean both the smooth tapered ball joint shaft and the reverse taper on the knuckle with brake clean, then with some 500 grit sand paper, scuff up both surfaces. Then put them together and use a large channel locks with a friend helping (or if solo something like a wood glue clamp) to exert opposing pressure on the top of the ball joint and the underside of the knuckle.
The clean/scuffed up bolts have enough friction that you can get the nut to thread on past any minor imperfections on the ball joint bolt. I use a spare nut that matches up, and using my impact I run it on and off the offending thread a dozen times or so until it is smooths out. Then throw on the good bolt.
Might be useful in this application.
If I replace it with a new ball joint, then I don't need to care about the thread on the old one right?
Thanks, I am fighting with my stubborn LBJ, already cost the whole yesterday night, no progress. I will try the adjust puller I just rented from Autozone this afternoon. How about removing the shock first? will this relieve some tension in the lower arm? Or try to jack from the LBJ bolt directly will do the trick?That's my theory. Worked well for me.