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98Z5V


imschur

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'98 Ram rollin' on a set of 35s.  Poor thing has 175k miles on it, and the ball joints have never been replaced, well, before now.  That always makes it worse.  :-[

Victory was mine, though!  Don't think I gave myself another hernia, but it sure wasn't fun anyway.  The only real joy in this specific task is the use of a 4lb hammer to separate the steering knuckle from the axle housing.  ;D  Everything else about it just sucks. 

Fully disassembled, bad ball joints GONE:

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New ball joints:

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So, I drive the '91 Honda Accord this morning, and find out that both front halfshafts are bad, after the boy just took it on a trip from VA to Tennessee to Ohio and back.  Sweet...  I'll be back at it this afternoon    :o

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For me, every single time the 4lb hammer comes out - there's some blood.  :o 

Might be "just a pinch" here or there, but swinging that fat thing into another piece of solid metal almost ALWAYS yields a little blood.  If "one whack was enough" I'd never have a problem, but it never is, man.  Maybe I need a bigger hammer...  ;D

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For me, every single time the 4lb hammer comes out - there's some blood.  :o 

Might be "just a pinch" here or there, but swinging that fat thing into another piece of solid metal almost ALWAYS yields a little blood.  If "one whack was enough" I'd never have a problem, but it never is, man.  Maybe I need a bigger hammer...  ;D

I have one of those hammers as well. The funny thing is that Im a freak of nature and the fingers on my right hand are only about an 1 1/2" long. Yet I still manage to pound my pointer often. I bet if I aimed at it I would miss

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That's not a hammer!  It's an Infantry fine adjustment tool! ;)

Haha!  Hell yeah it is!  ;D

Ended up tackling the Honda Accord, too.  1991, old, but not tired yet.  Had to replace both CV axle shafts and the speedo sensor.  Just like the work on the Dodge, one side easy, one side a PITA - I had to cut one of the axle nuts off, after a 425ft/lb impact gun wouldn't take it off...  >:(  Speedo sensor was hard to find, but not too bad to replace. 

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