Help with front ball joint replacement.

Abaddon · Mar 21, 2021

Hi, I'm stuck on removing the hub carrier. the nuts off the upper joint, the stem snapped on the lower joint level with the collet when I tried to remove the nut. I've got pickle forks hammered in and it's not dropping, do I need to remove the collet first because it wont budge. Thanks Jim.

P.S. Disco 2 2002 TD5

Europa486 · Mar 21, 2021

Your question is pretty meaningless without the model and year of Land Rover,

Abaddon · Mar 21, 2021

Europa486 said:
Your question is pretty meaningless without the model and year of Land Rover,

Sorry, Disco 2 2002 TD5.

jamesmartin · Mar 21, 2021

Abaddon said:
Hi, I'm stuck on removing the hub carrier. the nuts off the upper joint, the stem snapped on the lower joint level with the collet when I tried to remove the nut. I've got pickle forks hammered in and it's not dropping, do I need to remove the collet first because it wont budge. Thanks Jim.

P.S. Disco 2 2002 TD5

no, hit the fork harder or hit the housing directly opposite the stuck taper

Abaddon · Mar 21, 2021

jamesmartin said:
no, hit the fork harder or hit the housing directly opposite the stuck taper

Thanks

02Disco2 · Mar 21, 2021

Worth trying a bit of heat. Mine came out in the end!!

Abaddon · Mar 23, 2021

02Disco2 said:
Worth trying a bit of heat. Mine came out in the end!!

I couldn't break the tapers at all, I ended up cutting the tapers off, put the hub carrier in my blacksmith forge and punching them out at red heat, it still took a good wallop with a 3lb hammer. All done now. Thanks for your help.

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