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Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by jayw
Having in the last week replaced the rear arm bearings, brake pads, droplinks, front discs & pads and one of the balljoints the second balljoint decided to shear completely around the lugs leaving it fimly stuck in the hub-carrier...

I've got the carrier off the car and on the bench, anyone ever experienced balljoint removal under these circs...?

Obviously, i'm likely to go for heat, moles & parrots, but anyone got any brighter ideas?

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by smiffy
Explosives?

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by jayw
You fart, i'll light it :lol:

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by smiffy
Actually, chris and I dd experience something like this on my current car. the balljoint was so badly stuck in there, it wrecked the thread as we were unscrewing it. So badly infact, that we had to find annother hub carrier... we "MAY" be able to find one when we shift all our old tat into the new shed this weekend!

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by Vanny
and i'm going past the farm, and yours, within the week

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 10 Dec 2010
by jayw
Well, i'm hoping to get to the farm on sunday meself to pick up some other bits off Father Chris-mas so i'll know by then if i can fix what i've got.

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 11 Dec 2010
by docchevron132
Usual method here is weld a big fuck off nut on the remains and undo.
But yeah, I think we have a couple of hub carriers left, although finding one witha decent wheel bearing could be interesting..

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 11 Dec 2010
by jayw
Well fuck me sideways with a rusty gatepost, tha bastard's out! :shock:

LOADS of heat (cringing in hope that the BJ doesn't pop), the complete hub carrier staked into the garden with a 3' bar through the centre and a spare hub-nut welded to the remains of the BJ and after 10 minutes hanging of a 5' scaffolding-extended breaker bar the fucker went!

Thought it had threaded completely actually but after teasing it out it's perfect. Also clear that they're the original BJ's.

I hate cars.

Re: Arse nuggets...

Posted: 11 Dec 2010
by Fish_Botherer
congratulations - job done. with I'm sure there must be other things you hate more than cars....