Today i decided to disassembly my contol arms. But i cant seem to get the v8 spindel off of the upper, lower,and steering tie rod. Here are some pics.

Is there a special trick into getting these off?

The old upper control arm had four nuts thati was able to take off which then released part of the upper control but left a peice that i cant get loose from the spindel.

any ideas? [&o]


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And hit it with your 5 lb sledge until you are tired, then one more time and it will come it apart. Works better when the spindle is still attached to the car.....so put it all back together, pop the tie rod, pop the lower off, then pop the upper off, then remove the upper arm.

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If you have an air hammer you can get a pickle fork for it that makes it alot easier.

 

Pickle forks will work (I've got and used one), but you run the risk of damaging stuff. Another alternative is to go to your local auto store and see if they can rent you some sort of puller that will fit. The left is a pitman arm puller and the right is a ball joint puller.

 

ok thanks for the advice and the heads up on therisk of damage.....

Now imIgoing to have a problem when its time to put the new arms on,or will they get pressed on whenI torque the nuts ?

 

The new joints will go right together and the castle nut torqueing will seat it all properly.

 

dont was the time on the pickle fork i beat on my old 72 for over an hour once trying to get it apart this is a much faster route and u dont have to buy a tool http://www.mustangsplus.com/tech/sho...shockfall1.htm

 

Sorry...not a big fan of whacking a 40 year old casting with a harden't steel sledge hammer. Sounds like the best way I can think of to induce a stress crack.

(And tools rent for free at the auto parts store..usually)

 

I still like the pickle fork setup I have for my air chisel/hammer, it takes about 3 seconds to get it apart, just push a little and pull the trigger...wrrpptptptptptpt and out.

I've never ripped a boot using it either

 

well if u have a chisel hammer which i dont at the house the shock and fall is much more efficent ive used it for 4yrs now usually comes apart on the 3 or forth whack for me

 

Ok Tim......

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