General suspension disassembly question:

[adamnitti]

What do you do when you're trying to pry off a ball joint assembly with a puller and it won't come off??? Sorry to bring another car into this, but the same thing would apply to a Porsche: I'm trying to pull a ball joint loose from my wife's Integra, and the damn thing won't budge. All I'm doing is drilling an indentation into the bottom of the bolt with the puller at this point. Are they normally this stubborn???? Does the suspension need to be compressed first before it will pop out? I'm at a loss here.

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Adam Nitti
ajnitti@mindspring.com
www.adamnitti.com
'85 911 Carrera Coupe
'72 BMW 2002tii
'97 Grand Cherokee Limited
Peachstate PCA member

[Early_S_Man]

Adam,

Assuming that there is a stud of some sort, it could be held in place by a castellated nut and cotter pin, a cross-pin, pinch-bolt, tapered pin/nut, wedge-pin & nut ... and probably a few methods I haven't seen!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa
1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 4X4 parts hauler