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"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> There's a reason ALL garages rely on impact wrenches the way
> the human body relies on air and water.
>
I don't use one. They're for wimps. ;^)

Earle



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Grumpy AuContraire wrote:

> Yep, I always do that with the axle nut on the tapered units on my
> Studebakers. My big project is split ball joint/tie rod boots on my '83
> Civic. Damned joints are in perfect condition too!
>
> JT

Hey grumpy,

Look around at the auto parts stores. I have found "generic" one to fit
my honda before I found out a good way to knock them apart without
touching the boot.

-Pete

speedy wrote:
>
> Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
>
> > Yep, I always do that with the axle nut on the tapered units on my
> > Studebakers. My big project is split ball joint/tie rod boots on my '83
> > Civic. Damned joints are in perfect condition too!
> >
> > JT
>
> Hey grumpy,
>
> Look around at the auto parts stores. I have found "generic" one to fit
> my honda before I found out a good way to knock them apart without
> touching the boot.
>
> -Pete



Thanks Pete.

My boots are split simply from age as they are the originals that came
with the car in '83. The car sat in the hot TX sun from about '92
through early this year without running. Now, I want to wrap up all the
"loose" ends.

JT

This is what I got from Princess Auto. $11.99.

http://tinyurl.com/j8u42

Hasn't let me down yet. Very minimal effort. Works great on Ball Joints and
Tie Rod Ends and doesn't destroy the boot like my old pickle fork did.

Thanks for all the info Tegger!

Terry in Winnipeg.

t

TeGGeR® wrote:
>"Elle" <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in news:T9PVg.6118
>$Y24.3968@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:
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>>> I must say, very emphatically, that this project would
>>> have been
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>> Good datum for the archives. Do you know the actual rating
>> of the press used?
>
>20 ton. They mechanic was guessing he was applying probably a quarter of
>maximum force.
>
>> My sense this past spring when I did this job (using long,
>> high grade bolts and nuts etc.) was that the smaller
>> bushings were tighter and so harder to push out.
>
>For whatever reason, I had the opposite experience. The small ones
>pushed out quietly, without drama.
>
>By the way, all my fasteners were OEM.
>
>>> Pass. balljoint popped loose very easily. Driver side
>>> wouldn't let go
>>> for a long time, but when it did, the whole neighborhood
>>> heard the BANG!
>>
>> What tool did you use to separate the ball joints?
>
>The same OTC tool as shown on my site. Other than needing to grind the
>jaws wider, it fit and worked extremely well. Very little muscle power
>was needed to pop the tapers. If Curly's cheapo Princess Auto tool works
>this well, it's got to be the bargain of the century.
>
>A related story:
>
>When I bulged the threads on the end of the one balljoint, I still
>needed to pop the taper free. The nut would not fit on upside down on
>acccount the bulged threads. I had to grind off the castellations so I
>could put it back the only way it would go (right side up), and continue
>cranking down the balljoint tool. This is the one that went BANG as it
>let go.
>
>Well, of course I had to get the nut off again to remove the control
>arm, but the balljoint stud just spun in place and the nut was stuck
>fast. Then I remembered you had a similar situation during your project,
>and somebody suggested to jack the control arm back up again to wedge
>the taper into its recess again. I did this, and was able to make the
>stud keep still so the DeWalt could buzz the nut off. After that I used
>the needle files to clean up the threads.
>

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"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:678963388c7aa@uwe:

> This is what I got from Princess Auto. $11.99.


I gotta go in there one day...


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Well they are expanding, but I have the advantage cuz the company started up
in Winnipeg....

They have really good crazy sales on tools and special tools, surplus etc....
Also they offer lifetime warranty on their 'Powerfist' tools. Not a
craftsman, but about 1/3 the price, and still warrantied. If its not a
safety issue, I usually buy these ones.

t

TeGGeR® wrote:
>> This is what I got from Princess Auto. $11.99.
>
>I gotta go in there one day...
>

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"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:67b41564b320d@uwe:

> Well they are expanding, but I have the advantage cuz the company
> started up in Winnipeg....



My sainted mama grew up in Winnipeg (1930s West Kildonan). But that
doesn't help me here. The closest Princess Auto in Ontario is a
pack-a-lunch drive from me these days.

Y'know, I've never seen land as FLAT as that surrounding Winnipeg.
FLAT FLAT FLAT. Pancake flat. Literally.

You can watch a 200-car freight train go from horizon to horizon, with
nothing to block your view. Ever. It doesn't ever dive behind anything,
it just gets smaller and smaller unitl it disappears in the distance
mirage. Amazing. FLAT, I tell you. FLAT.


>
> They have really good crazy sales on tools and special tools, surplus
> etc.... Also they offer lifetime warranty on their 'Powerfist'



"Powerfist"? Could they have not come up with a less melodramatic name?
Sounds like something out of a Japanese Manga comic.



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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:00:12 +0000 (UTC), "TeGGeR®"
<tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

>"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:67b41564b320d@uwe:
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>> Well they are expanding, but I have the advantage cuz the company
>> started up in Winnipeg....
>
>
>
>My sainted mama grew up in Winnipeg (1930s West Kildonan). But that
>doesn't help me here. The closest Princess Auto in Ontario is a
>pack-a-lunch drive from me these days.
>
>Y'know, I've never seen land as FLAT as that surrounding Winnipeg.
>FLAT FLAT FLAT. Pancake flat. Literally.

Some college students recently measured the variance in the flatness
of a pancake and compared it to the terrain of Kansas. Their results,
published in the Annals of Improbable Results (a real journal), proved
that Kansas is actually FLATTER than an IHOP pancake (but I'm not sure
they found the flattest pancake for their study).
http://tinyurl.com/y5zauw

>You can watch a 200-car freight train go from horizon to horizon, with
>nothing to block your view. Ever. It doesn't ever dive behind anything,
>it just gets smaller and smaller unitl it disappears in the distance
>mirage. Amazing. FLAT, I tell you. FLAT.
>
>
>>
>> They have really good crazy sales on tools and special tools, surplus
>> etc.... Also they offer lifetime warranty on their 'Powerfist'
>
>
>
>"Powerfist"? Could they have not come up with a less melodramatic name?
>Sounds like something out of a Japanese Manga comic.

Ron