I dont think I was charged £160 to have mine changed :doh:
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
Been looking at some of those, would like one but need a little help with buying it.
Have to start charging for repairs that would do it
told you,make one.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
You bin drinkin again
another one pete,mucho cheap.
hydraulic press with compressed air foot pedal | eBay
If only I had the time to fix it
Got work in a queue, cant even get 90 ready for mot, wish I had never retired
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
If only I had the time to fix it
Got work in a queue, cant even get 90 ready for mot, wish I had never retired
still works though,will do the job until you can replace the seals on it.gotta be worth a coat of looking at surely.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
pete,here is a new 6 ton rated press,not much money,but if you beef it up you could get more power out of it??
6 Ton Industrial Hydraulic Workshop/Garage/Shop Press NEW CT187 | eBay
6 Ton Industrial Hydraulic Workshop/Garage/Shop Press NEW CT187 | eBay
Ta mate, think it would have to be 20 ton at least then we are set up for tractor repairs and all wheel bearings etc, probably use it quite a lot instead of struggling with heat and a vice
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
Ta mate, think it would have to be 20 ton at least then we are set up for tractor repairs and all wheel bearings etc, probably use it quite a lot instead of struggling with heat and a vice
ok,did not realise you were going to use it for bigger stuff as well.pm incoming
been there played this game and the best way for me is to light a fire and get the a frame out and the ball joint all off the motor apply said ball joint to fire put more wood on and have a cuppa tea find my welding gloves and a set of tongs and either race over to the vice or my press and it comes out like butter but you do need a helper and a second pair of gloves in your gauntlets other wise things get very hot and it cools down to much (needs about an hour cooking time in a good fire or till is glowing light orange)
Nigel-S
soft and furry
Never, absolutely never, heat a ball joint.
When they explode, they can kill you.
Plenty of examples on you tube, here's one;
ball joint explodes (after the fact) - YouTube
timtheenchanteruk
Well-Known Member
I tried to get my ball joint out of its bracket with a press and put 25 tons on it and it wouldn't come out. It's distorted the bracket now, so I wouldn't want to refit it. I shall just carry on buying the ball joint and bracket complete kits when I need a new one in the future.
Buy a press anyway. Every home should have one. It's enabled me to breeze through suspension bush changes - squeeze them out effortlessly complete with their metal jackets - and propshaft joint changes. Remember when the artiste formerly known as Redhand had one that wouldn't come out? That wouldn't have been a problem in our house. One of mine didn't want to shift and I carried on pressing until the bearing cup shattered and it came out in pieces. So it hardly slowed me down at all.
After a month or two you'll wonder how you managed without one.
Buy a press anyway. Every home should have one. It's enabled me to breeze through suspension bush changes - squeeze them out effortlessly complete with their metal jackets - and propshaft joint changes. Remember when the artiste formerly known as Redhand had one that wouldn't come out? That wouldn't have been a problem in our house. One of mine didn't want to shift and I carried on pressing until the bearing cup shattered and it came out in pieces. So it hardly slowed me down at all.
After a month or two you'll wonder how you managed without one.
I got 20 ton press yesterday, 144 quid, free postage and delivered next day, assembled it and its all there and great.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251200236337?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Tried to press 'A' frame ball joint out, left it with full pressure on while I had a brew but it didn't budge.
Then I realised that the part of the bracket that was on the block underneath taking the weight , the bit with the screw holes in, is part of the joint so it would never have come out.
I had to cut the bits off that have the screw holes in so as to bear on the casting and not part of the joint and then it popped out after three pumps on the jack.....reeeeesult
Very good press for the money 120 quid plus vat
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