01 F250 4WD ball joint help

[IDIoit]

ok, ive got it all striped down.
about to replace leaf springs, and noticed that my ball joints were beyond wasted.

i have a ball joint press, and ball joints.

but...

how do i go about getting the knuckle off?
looks like with a few blows of the baby beater the top one is loose.
ive tried slapping the lowers, but they will not budge.

is there something im missing?

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[79jasper]

Penentrating oil and BFH.

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[trackspeeder]

Some panther ****, maybe some heat or a fork. Give the knuckle a few hits around the ball joint area. This usually pops the loose. If not break out the heat. If it gets real ugly, break out a pickle fork.

Don't forget to cuss at it. A little sweet talk can scare them off.

 

[IDIoit]

there what appears to be a slot in the top, just making sure that these dont spin out or something stupid.
i need a new hammer, my baby beater has a broken handle.

gotta go put a timing light on a 55 buick, i ****** em with PB and buy a hammer while im out.

 

[Clb]

Hit it with the roadmaster! That should fix the ford!

 

[OLDBULL8]

Use the broken handle hammer as a backup on the other side when you hit it with the BFH ya just bought.

noticed that my ball joints were beyond wasted.

Takes alot outa a guy producing twins.

 

[IDIoit]

new horrible freight 4 pound sledge did the trick just fine.
ill load the ball joints tomorrow.
are these front ends non align-able? besides toe?
does not appear to be anything to adjust it. like any camber shims.

gotta get new hub seals and tierod seals, kinda chewed em up.

 

[79jasper]

They are.
It's done with that sleeve for the top balljoint. Can get different degrees.

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[IDIoit]

the ******* sleeve on the ball joint press is too short.
the lower ball joint bottoms out on the collar of the press before it comes out

 

[79jasper]

I used the orielly rental one.

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[IDIoit]

when i get a minute, ill dig up some tubing and make one.

 

[79jasper]

That'd be the best option. Lol

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[IDIoit]

well that was a damn chore.
when the leaf springs came out, the driverside had a broken bolt.
all 4 bushings were toast.
all 4 ball joints were wrecked.
shes back to 100% again.
instead of trying to do the ball joints myself, with the press thats very time consuming,
i took them down to the machine shop and used their press.
20 minutes to pull and press..
will never do it any other way...
i spent 20 minutes just looking for a sleeve to use!
then....
after i get her all back together, took her down the freeway, the damn battery light came on!
a new alternator fixed that quick!