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merlinpjl
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I am just about to do this too, the ball joints have arrived, but not the press tool....... I believe that it is a tough job. I would imagine that alignment will be straightforward as long as the balljoints are pressed home completely.
Nickpen
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The ball joints press home completely into the yoke carrier.
If you look at the swivel hub, the 2 tapered holes the ball joints go into, the top one is just a plain hole, the bottom one is different.
The ball joint taper on the lower one seats into a threaded collet sleeve, the idea being the taper seats into this and its then screwed in or out of the swivel, which adjusts the vertical alignment of the swivel hub in relation to the yoke.
This is needed because the drive shaft has to be exactly aligned with the axle tube as the oil seal is on the outboard end.
Rave tells you all about it, the official land rover tools needed to do the alignment and so on
If you look at the swivel hub, the 2 tapered holes the ball joints go into, the top one is just a plain hole, the bottom one is different.
The ball joint taper on the lower one seats into a threaded collet sleeve, the idea being the taper seats into this and its then screwed in or out of the swivel, which adjusts the vertical alignment of the swivel hub in relation to the yoke.
This is needed because the drive shaft has to be exactly aligned with the axle tube as the oil seal is on the outboard end.
Rave tells you all about it, the official land rover tools needed to do the alignment and so on
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There is a big washer that is connected to your drive shaft as it comes out off the axle case,I just centred this in the axle case ,easy enough to do ,no special tool required,grease up the rubber seal before refitting shaft.
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Your find this easier than a press 
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=200984381312&index=0&nav=WATCHING&nid=91514447010
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=200984381312&index=0&nav=WATCHING&nid=91514447010
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Your find this easier than a press
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=200984381312&index=0&nav=WATCHING&nid=91514447010
I have one of those, i believe it can be regarded as a press. You would certainly struggle getting the axle on my 20 ton press.
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I have one of those, i believe it can be regarded as a press. You would certainly struggle getting the axle on my 20 ton press.
Well I class it as an extractor not a press : p
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Well I class it as an extractor not a press : p
So it extracts them and inserts them rather than pressing them in and out then.
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So it extracts them and inserts them rather than pressing them in and out then.
For once , no comment
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For once , no comment
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get them out however you want...
to put them in - put the ball joints in the fridge/freezer for a few hours. warm the yoke with burner/blow torch....the ball joints will drop in.
If your using genuine ball joints dont touch the tapper screw adjuster as your new joints will be near enough to not worry about adjusting them.
to put them in - put the ball joints in the fridge/freezer for a few hours. warm the yoke with burner/blow torch....the ball joints will drop in.
If your using genuine ball joints dont touch the tapper screw adjuster as your new joints will be near enough to not worry about adjusting them.
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get them out however you want...
to put them in - put the ball joints in the fridge/freezer for a few hours. warm the yoke with burner/blow torch....the ball joints will drop in.
If your using genuine ball joints dont touch the tapper screw adjuster as your new joints will be near enough to not worry about adjusting them.
You mean genuine ones from China and pattern ones from China are different?
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You mean genuine ones from China and pattern ones from China are different?
Glad you said that , Christ I better start removing all my wheel bearings
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Glad you said that , Christ I better start removing all my wheel bearings
No need to, if they are inferior copies they will fall out eventually.
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No need to, if they are inferior copies they will fall out eventually.
Na the car would just sit there while the shafts spin away
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Glad you said that , Christ I better start removing all my wheel bearings
By pressing or extracting?
op2::fighting2:
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By pressing or extracting?
You need a minimum 20 ton press to extract them.
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You need a minimum 20 ton press to extract them.
If pressed I would use a 3000 psi hydraulic extractor
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If pressed I would use a 3000 psi hydraulic extractor
Just make sure you stand clear when you press the button with a long stick.
