I use a pair of "needle nose" vice grips.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Councill
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:19 PM
> To: James Schulte; Mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: damper ball joint
>
> My trick is to use a small pair of vise grips (because they
> have a width of maybe 3/8" or thereabouts). The key is to get
> a grip of the metal just outside of the balljoint. With vise
> grips clamped on the collar or the metal part between collar
> and ball joint plus a 24 hour or so soaking of the nut with
> PB Blaster or similar, the nut can then be loosened. Although
> in one case, I recall having to cut/split the nut and then
> replace the whole link piece which was not very expensive.
>
> David Councill
> 67 BGT
> 72 B
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