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Large ball joint splitter - recommendations?


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Top arm ball joint? I used a Laser one from Halfords for mine. Too small for the lower camber arm though.

 

Yes, the top one, but the laser item I have from Halfords doesn't have the grip part wide enough to go around the rubber bush without damaging it. Will take a lok at their stock again and see if they now have better ones available. Cheers

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Yes, the top one, but the laser item I have from Halfords doesn't have the grip part wide enough to go around the rubber bush without damaging it. Will take a lok at their stock again and see if they now have better ones available. Cheers

 

Ah ok, it's probably the same one. I wasn't fussed about the rubber as I was replacing the arms anyway. I seem to remember someone on here (Paul mac?) modified theirs so that it didn't damage the boot.

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Mine is a lazer too Had to grind a bit out to make it wide enough, used an angle grinder to remove the material and then a file to round off any sharp edges as you dont want any potential fracture points.

 

Tighten it up and beast it one with a mallet, worked for me just done mine last weekend.

 

Gav

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I recently bought a Kukko splitter, no 129-3 (30 mm) and that one works great for those ball joints. Price was 80 euros from local auto-store.

 

edited to mention that I pulled the left upper balljoint with a regular pulley puller, I had to buy the Kukko for the lower, and used it later on the right upper joint, wich worked better than the regular puller.

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