big ol' "ARGH" with ball joints

[indiana_red@hotmail.com (Ken Bates)]

Right!
This was my problem.  An hour to realize this...2 minutes after I did.
Ken

'79 Scirocco
16v conversion under way
Vortex: Indiana Red



>From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
>To: Joe Doty <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: big ol' "ARGH" with ball joints
>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:55:31 -0500
>
>Joe,
>     The bolt has to be taken out, not just loose. The bolt goes through a 
>keyway that is machined
>into the side of the ball joint stub shaft. If you dont take the bolt out, 
>it aint goin nowhere.
>Al
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:12 PM
>Subject: big ol' "ARGH" with ball joints
>
>
> > I intended to change my suspension bushings on the front a-arms but it
> > turned into a nightmare when the ball joint shafts wouldn't come out.  I
> > pried, hammered from the top, and cursed for 2 hours.  How do these 
>things
> > come out?  I couldn't make them budge at all.
> >
> > I assume it's nearly impossible to change the bushings without removing 
>the
> > entire a-arm.
> >
> > thanks
> > Joe
> >
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