UPDATE: Ball Joint and shock replacement problems...

From: Chris Reck (chris92@insightbb.com)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2006 - 22:04:43 EST


OK, I have an update... I now have the axle nut off (thanks to a friend's
electric impact wrench and 2 minutes). I also removed the two bolts from
the torsion bar (after making marks) and removed the three bolts from behind
(for the hub assembly).

How do I get the hub assembly off (with the boot) so that I can have enough
room for the ball joint to pop up?

Does someone have an exploded diagram and steps from an FSM that they can
fax/e-mail me?

Thanks!

-- 
Chris Reck
Bloomington, IL

'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst) Shaved and polished V8 TB, Autolite 3923, 180 Thermostat, 7.5mm Bosch plug wires, Custom K&N 6x9 air intake, Rancho RSX shocks, Pioneer full audio system, Jet Stage 1 Chip, BF Goodrich 32x11.5r15 T/A KO tires, Gibson 3" CatBack Exhaust

"Eric Hufstedler" <mopar@ehuffy.com> wrote in message news:20060301072037.392758a9@cuda.ehuffy.com... > >> >> I wouldn't think it necessary. Why not just unbolt the joint >> >> at the knuckle and drop the lower the control arm a little? >> >> You could wedge a block of wood under the upper arm so that the >> >> spring tension would even do the seperation for you. >> > >> > Wouldn't that be possibly explosive? >> >> Definately not on a 4x4 (they have torsion bars instead of >> coils), and not on a 4x2 as long as you begin with the suspension >> fully compressed (all the weight on it) you shouldn't have any >> issues. We're only talking moving it an inch at most, just >> enough to seperate the balljoint. The rest you can move by hand. > > I see. I misunderstood what he said. > > Eric > > -- > 1974 Valiant 4-door, 318 > 1999 Dakota Ext Cab, 2WD > > . > . > .------------------------------------------------------------------. > | Make your plans NOW to attend the National DML Meet in Colorado! | > | Date: July 15-23, 2006 - More info: http://meet.dakota-truck.net | > `------------------------------------------------------------------' >

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