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"DogDiesel" > wrote:

> "Jan Andersson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2/9/2012 2:27 PM, Jim Ed wrote:
> >> On Feb 9, 10:04 am, "Mr. > wrote:
> >>> How difficult is it to press out/in ball joints ? '71 Ghia.
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> >>> Karma, What a concept!
> >>
> >> I haven’t done it but you would need to take out the front beam
> >> trailing arms and take them to an auto shop and have the new ball
> >> joints pressed in or you could buy new trailing arms with the ball
> >> joints already installed and do it yourself.
> >
> >
> > What Jim said.
> >
> > Sometimes they sit VERY tight in there, a small press won't do it.
> > When pressing the new ball joints in, make sure they go in indexed
> > properly. The BJ cup is marked, and there is a faint little line marked on
> > the arm, those marks need to line up. Under the rubber boot, the BJ stub
> > sits in an elongated slot, it can only move full swing in one direction.
> > If you press them in wrong, you may not have ANY movement or very little,
> > when the suspension tries to move up and down. Then the BJ will likely
> > break or the suspension just won't work at all.
> >
> > Just about ALL OTHER car ball joints have unobstructed 360 degree full
> > swing range. Just not aircooled VW for some reason. I suppose it makes it
> > last longer when there is more support for the ball/socket contact.
> >
> > I would look for arms that are already done, like Jim said. Maybe give
> > your old arms as cores and get a core deposit back. That's what I did with
> > a local aircooled VW shop before.
> >
> > Jan
>
>
> That was a heluva piece of information. Thanks,
>
> Diesel

Yes, thanks.
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Karma, What a concept!