Last night (for about 5 hours) I was stuck trying to get my front Driver ball joint to pop loose from the knuckle (I'm trying to change a bad axle, way too much car shaking around!)
I'm totally flummoxed, I tried hitting with hammers, jumping (literally) on prybars, smashing the living Schtick out of a pickle fork and all to no avail. The silly ball joint separator tool I borrowed from Autozone was too short to fit into the space behind the knuckle and wouldn't sit on the stud.
If the stud is seized into the knuckle what do I do to get it out that I haven't already tried? Is there a better tool? If I just changed the control arms (they are 15 years old...) would that give me more room at the knuckle end? Do I need a bigger hammer?
Man, these past 2 months have had way too many repairs
Sincerely,
Still covered in grease and tired of repairs
