I cheated, every chance I got!
Cheating:
Cheating:
There's your problem:
More cheating:
The last bit of cheating:
Cleaned:
Back together:
Checking that it was all the way in:
Damned boot!
Fixed:
Look, Ma, no rust!
And no more stupid-loud growling bearing noise.
How'd I cheat?
I don't have a press. My slide hammer kit made up for it. Twice. Don't have a bearing separator, so I cut the race off. Pressed the last 1/8" on using the CV shaft and it's nut, since the slide hammer bits were past their limit already.
My ball join separator was too big to fit with the CV shaft in the way. So I ignored the FSM's procedure and dropped the other end of the control arm. Problem solved, without beating on hard-to-find aluminum knuckles and/or control arms.
What a way to spend the whole morning.
