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Re: How the $%^& do you remove ball joints from strut housing?

To: Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>
Subject: Re: How the $%^& do you remove ball joints from strut housing?
From: Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 16:30:49 -0400
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu> "Re: How the $%^& do you remove ball joints from strut housing?" (Jun 21, 3:24pm)
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> I've found that the ball joints are MUCH more willing to come out if you
> first disconnect the a-arm from the subframe.

Hmm, I'm betting they're different.  The Control Arm on my beast is jammed
between the subframe & the unibody of the car (I think I got those two terms
right...)  Anyhow, no way of getting that control arm off the car 'till
everything else is out of the way...

-- 
-Mike
mikes@specnet.com
mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
87 5000CS TQ - Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (but not for long...)
84 5000S - Boulder, Colorado
90 80 - Bethesda, Maryland
(hunting for the elusive Lago Blue '91 200Q)

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