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Tricks for removing LCA?



I had to borrow a pickle fork and about an hour to get the ball joint to separate. My only problem is the Piston in the caliper wont move.
 
I soaked the **** out of the hokey puck bushing with pb blaster got sick of it and just cut the ****er off with the saws all lol.
 
The w body ball joints always come out real easy for me. And I'm in the salt belt. I take the nut most of the way off, pry between the CV shaft and nut , and it usually comes right off, then I remove the nut the rest of the way. I do put penetrating oil down the tapered fitting once the nut is loose. Seems to help consistently.
 
for separating stubborn lbj from the knuckle I loop a chain around the c/a near the bj. Then slide a long pry bar through the chain and wedge the tip under the subframe. I have someone push down on the prybar while I give the side of the knuckle taper a rap with the air hammer.
 
primem said:
for separating stubborn lbj from the knuckle I loop a chain around the c/a near the bj. Then slide a long pry bar through the chain and wedge the tip under the subframe. I have someone push down on the prybar while I give the side of the knuckle taper a rap with the air hammer.
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Holy **** thats more work than you need. Just get a BFH hit the lower part of the knuckle 1 or 2 times and the balljoint will drop then use a pry bar on the C/A to get the balljoint out of the knuckle
 


I had to jam a screw driver in the hockey puck bushing because it just kept spinning and spinning.

Ha you sucker sawing endlinks off. I turned mine a 1/8th turn and it broke into about 6 pieces.

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If the hockey puck bushing gets stuck to the bolt, get past the rubber part however you need to and find the split in the metal sleeve and use a chisel, air hammer or even a screw driver and hammer. Just got to open it ever so slightly and the bolt will come out.
 
I got a new set of end links for the sway bar, do i need anything off of the old one? it looks like theres a metal tube in the middle
 


Found it, does this help?
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Only note i have the actually bushing upside down. Notice how one side has a like raised circular bit? That goes into the bar same for on the LCA, hope i explained that right

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Russosaur said:
Only note i have the actually bushing upside down. Notice how one side has a like raised circular bit? That goes into the bar same for on the LCA, hope i explained that right

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is it just the washer between the bolt head and the LCA? on the Old LCA there was a bushing of some sort.
 


Scottydoggs said:
the bushing go on top and bottom of the sway bar and the lca mount. see my pic up there.
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Thanks, Its funny not having the right tools (picklefork, and c clamp) turned a 3 hour job into a 2 day job because i kept running around for tools.
 
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