Ball joint-pinch bolt stuck

[ForceIndia]

Offside on my car is such a b*****d, always goes wrong!!

Got to this stage, and the bolt won't shift (either way!)

Any idea's? Car's not driveable, so need to get it sorted asap!

 

[Fred@BTM]

hammer and a punch and smack f**k out it

 

[ForceIndia]

hammer and a punch and smack f**k out it

Tried dude, for 2hours! Mahoosive headache right now.

 

[Fred@BTM]

you are a queer though, for the 30th time you stick to your day job, leave the man jobs to me

 

[MikeB]

Can you get a spanner or anything on the otherside? Normally you can get these out like fred said using a hammer and a punch!

 

[Robclio98]

I grinded both ends of mine off to free it then wd40 and the hammer and punch as said.

 

[Hutchie]

FFS



if your hitting it like a man it will come.

im built like a twig btw.

 

[MikeB]

Big hammer time!

 

[James.f]

Hammer + Screwdriver = whack it hard you Poof lol, and it will pop out,

 

[Da]

Try levering the joint downwards to help release pressure as the arm will be forcing the joint up to the hub.

 

[Cro]

Undo the bottom two nuts/bolts on the wishbone so that theres nothing pushing it up, or jack up the other side of the car and there should be less pressure on it

 

[scotty2hotty81]

you have all the luck! first your brakes now this! i have a bit of spare time that i kept aside let me know if you want a hand mate.

 

[rich-6]

Heat it up first with a heat gun or blow torch around the bolt then hit it with the punch

 

[Gray]

Hammer

Punch

Man spec arms

Done.

 

[rory182]

Heat it up first with a heat gun or blow torch around the bolt then hit it with the punch

THIS

 

[magh]

basically the bolt goes through a u shapped piece of metal the tighter the bolt the smaller the middle holding the ball joint pin so i get a thick ended chisel and whack it in the slot to open the bracket up therefore releaving the tension on the bolt then you can just simply whack it out and also makes it far easier to drop the balljoint off too.

 

[Gaz_]

Give it a good soak over night in WD40 or the like. Then lump hammer/punch. It will go. You should have just handed the keys to Fred tbh

 

[Fred@BTM]

his bill is already massive and his mrs is giving him ear ache, poor man

 

[Gaz_]

He just needs to remind her who wears the trousers?

but then again, judging by efforts of this thread....................................

 

[MikeB]

Any joy?

 

[ForceIndia]

Any joy?

Erm, no. Massive dent in the end of the bolt from the centre punch, punch has a deformed end from being smacked with a hammer for hours. It's not moved. At all lol.

 

[Henry]

worst comes to the worst, take the hub off with the balljoint and attack it in a bench vice (assuming you've not oxy gear)

 

[fearless]

Got a rattle gun? Getting it spinning before hammer time has always worked for me.

 

[MikeB]

Best way now is to use heat i would say mate.

 

[ForceIndia]

Best way now is to use heat i would say mate.

I agree.

 

[Henry]

just spotted 'centre punch' - use a parallel punch; centre punch might even have made it worse if its spread the thread

get Fred round:star:

 

[MikeB]

Lol i can imagine thats what you feel like doing with it atm.

 

[scotty2hotty81]

THIS!

 

[Henry]

i'm going on now, but post#16 as well - open the hub up a little with a masonary chisel/etc - could be that it's been done up so tight that the bolt/passageway are slightly bent. it'll help anyway. fin

 

[rich-6]

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