[BaadAssGremlins] Re: 77 hornet ball joints

["Dan M." <vegadan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, now I ran into yet another problem.  I replaced the passenger 
side after removing the rotor.  I moved to the driver's side, 
removed the rotor, but now I can't remove the steering knuckle 
because the lower bolt holding the knuckle to the spindle is rusted 
solid inside the knuckle!!!!!!  How the ^%$#$#%$*(& do I get the 
bolt out?  I lubed it up with liquid wrench tonite and hopefully I 
can get it out tomorrow.  Anybody else have this problem, and what 
did they do?  I'm at my wits end with this!!!  Thanks again for any 
help.

Dan

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
> Dan as a personal rule of thumb I always change the upper and 
lower ball
> joints. My brother wouldn't listen to me and do this on his 
Javelin and
> 6 months later he had to replace the upper joints and the 2 new 
tires he
> ruined. I use a spring compressor made for AMC and Ford front 
ends. So I
> take the tension off the suspension and  and just remove the 
spring.
> Also with a car this age check the upper and lower control arm 
bushing.
> 3 years ago I completely rebuilt the front end in my yellow 74 and 
last
> summer a year ago I did the same with my then recently purchased 
orange
> 74. It's was on the pricy side for parts but I won't have to do it 
again
> for many many miles. What may seem my methods a bit extreme I get 
this
> from working in aviation when I was in the Navy. I say do it once, 
do it
> right and forget about it. Good luck and be careful.
> "Doc"




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