On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:38:59 -0400, Alex Rodriguez <adr5@columbia.edu> wrote:

||In article <41334c05.9206494@news.txol.net>, rex@@txol.net says...
||>You should be able to back the nut off, pop the spindle with a BFH
||>where the tapered BJ shaft goes through. The momentary deformation will free
||>the taper.
||
||A mechanic friend taught me this method of ball joint separation a while
||back and it has never failed me. I usually don't need a BFH. I medium
||size ball peen hammer has done the job for me every time.

Works on tie rod ends too, if you can find something to back up the work with.

Texas Parts Guy