Hey,

 

What's the best way without using a press to get the bloody HICAS ball joints out?

 

Cheers,

Ste

do you have the hub off???

do you have the hub off???

 

nope lol, i was trying to do it in situ.

 

I've got all the hicas gear off, wondering how to get them out?

 

Is it less hassle to get the hub off and get them pressed out by a shop?

would a socket and a c clamp work?

Wow300 done my lower ball joint and was able to do it with a clamp I think. No need for a press. If its he same thing we are talking about,lol

i used this way, take a grinder to the outer of the balljoint and grind the flange off till it is level with the actuall hub, i got lots of heat on it and a solid metal bar and knocked them out towards the shocker (it just manages to drop out)

 

then simply put the new ones in and bolt back up

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=92607

 

took me about an hour a side

i used this way, take a grinder to the outer of the balljoint and grind the flange off till it is level with the actuall hub, i got lots of heat on it and a solid metal bar and knocked them out towards the shocker (it just manages to drop out)

 

then simply put the new ones in and bolt back up

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=92607

 

took me about an hour a side

 

exactly what i was looking for cheers Stella! :D

no probs mate

i used this way, take a grinder to the outer of the balljoint and grind the flange off till it is level with the actuall hub, i got lots of heat on it and a solid metal bar and knocked them out towards the shocker (it just manages to drop out)

 

then simply put the new ones in and bolt back up

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=92607

 

took me about an hour a side

 

This is a mare lol!

 

you put the heat on the hub i take it?

yup, on the part where the balljoint is, i heat it up till all the crap melts out of the balljoint and a quick whack and out they come

yup, on the part where the balljoint is, i heat it up till all the crap melts out of the balljoint and a quick whack and out they come

 

i'm havin no such luck lol, third time just about to have a go, its move about 1mm every time :rant:

 

Looks like its gona be a while.

 

is there anything that has a hotter flame than propane/butane?

you will never get it hot enough with one of those wickes diy jobbies, i used my works gas bottle that we use for fittings and burning off paint

you will never get it hot enough with one of those wickes diy jobbies, i used my works gas bottle that we use for fittings and burning off paint

 

*****cks, i've not got anything stronger. any ideas?

 

where can i buy one of them from?

usually any builders merchants, your local hire centre will have them

try a balljoint splitter. put pressure on the balljoint with splitter and then get two hammers and hit both sides of the balljoint at the same time,that always works.

now way will a balljoint splitter work

why is that then mate, I must admit I have never used one on my zed but have used them all the time on other motor's with great success.

check the link in my early post, its easier to do it the way i posted about, the flange on the front of the balljoint is old and thin, it just rips the flange off and the balljoint stays put lol

Nuts!

 

They don't open till monday now.

 

no chance of getting a spliter under there like stella says!! :(

 

whats the best thing to ask for? oxyacetalene lol, gas axe the bugger?

 

Cheers, for the help.

yeah see what you mean stella, that arm is a bit on the thin side.

Nuts!

 

They don't open till monday now.

 

no chance of getting a spliter under there like stella says!! :(

 

whats the best thing to ask for? oxyacetalene lol, gas axe the bugger?

 

Cheers, for the help.

 

just a hand held blow torch and gas bottle will do, you could use oxy but it will prob need training certificates before they hire it out to you

just a hand held blow torch and gas bottle will do, you could use oxy but it will prob need training certificates before they hire it out to you

 

cool, i'm half way lol, only took 4 hours! :rofl:

wish you were closer mate, me and my dad would have done them for £40, i wuldnt want anything, but my 16 stone hammer weilding dad needs the money and is very handy in the old lashing with hammers dept lol

wish you were closer mate, me and my dad would have done them for £40, i wuldnt want anything, but my 16 stone hammer weilding dad needs the money and is very handy in the old lashing with hammers dept lol

 

if only lol, well the poxy can of aersol has managed to persuade one 3/4 out.

 

My old mans the same lol, he's miles away as well!

 

it'd been quicker to get the hub off after all :o

not really, ive seen workshop presses unable to move them, once you have mastered one side, the other will be a piece of piss

*****cks, i've not got anything stronger. any ideas?

 

where can i buy one of them from?

 

you need a bottle of MAPP gas...butane and methylacetylene-propadiene, so burns a lot hotter. Ive got one in my plumbers bag..its a tall yellow bottle but the atuall torch head iirc is about £45

 

here this is the type..cheaper than i thought http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Excel-Self-Igniting-Torch-%26-Rothenberger-Mapp-Gas_W0QQitemZ380112729954QQcmdZViewItem

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by znut