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Re: Ball Joint and Tie Rod Puller Group Purchase -- Tested on a

To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Ball Joint and Tie Rod Puller Group Purchase -- Tested on a
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:31:51 -0500
Well, that was fast. There is only one left and it has a missing bolt. The bolt 
appears to be 1/2" 
Whitworth 12tpi. It will have to be tapped to 9/16" unless you can find a 
Whitworth bolt someplace. 
I was going to tap it myself, but I don't have a 9/16" tap, and Sears doesn't 
carry them it coarse 
for some reason. Maybe I'll look around for a tap if no one wants it with a 
missing bolt.

Don Malling

Don Malling wrote:
> Looks like I'll have about 5 extras because some folks dropped out. If 
> you want one let me know.
> 
> $11.77 Puller
>   6.00 shipping
> ========
> $17.77
> 
> Don Malling
> 
> Don Malling wrote:
> 
>> I tested our cheapo group purchase puller on my TR250 ball joint this 
>> evening. It worked perfectly.
>>
>> I unscrewed the ball joint nut a little but did not take it off the 
>> ball joint's post -- per the directions.
>>
>> I put the ball joint's shaft deep into fork of the puller -- not out 
>> on the fork's finger tips, and tightened it up. Just tight. I didn't 
>> muscle it. Then I took 3 taps with a carpenter's hammer and it popped 
>> out. The taps were strokes about 10" long. Kind of like the few light 
>> strokes you would take when starting a 16d framing nail before you 
>> start driving it in with full swings.
>>
>> In my opinion, for $11.77 it's a deal. I can't imagine breaking one of 
>> these when using the tapping method, and I'm not sure why you would 
>> not use the tapping method. But I guess if some folks don't like to 
>> tap, there's always the $50.00 pullers.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>
>> Don Malling




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