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Originally Posted by Daox
I didn't get too much time to work on the Civic this weekend. I went to remove the control arms, but couldn't get the ball joint separated from the control arm. I'll have to rent or buy a ball joint tool to get it out because that thing is incredibly stubborn. While I was doing that I also noticed that the ball joint boot was shot and needs replacing. Thus starts the list of parts for the 2nd parts order.  |
I had a lot of trouble with those too. Normally I just use a pickle fork and pound them out but that was going nowhere.
I got one of these:
3/4" Forged Ball Joint Separator
and it worked surprisingly well.
I used Moog parts to put it back together. I managed to pinch one of the boots during assembly and they sent me a new boot (they don't normally sell them) free of charge.