Bought replacement ball joints a while back, as their appeared to be a little too much feedback from the steering wheel and after a little research the top of the usual suspects list was the ball joints!
But! When I asked the MOT tester to check the ball joints closely (I know him well) he said they are still nice and tight.....which I found surprising on a 122k mile P38....!

Sure I will have to do the ball joints at some point, would be great to get my hands on the diagram and specifications of the 'special tool' as I could make one up....
Would be great to have one to pass around as needed !!

Cheers

The main tool is a pretty standard ball joint press with an hydraulic ram. It is then just a matter of making the adaptors out of heavy tube. The centralising tool could be made from suitable tubing and threaded bar with a nylon or hardwood hub locator. I/D to slide over axle extension and O/D to slide into hub. Pretty standard stuff really. Have look at RAVE it's pretty clear what's needed.
 
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