lowering my 06 ,got the kit from djm and was gonna put on the new lower control arms but i cant get the ball joint to come loose from the spindle!!ive beat and beat,got a seperator but nothing,I havnt hammered it all the way in tho,do i need to?I dont want to break anything.

 

Did your lca's not come with ball joints? If not don't re-use the stock ball joint. Go to o'reillys and get the ball joint number -8695t-....

They have 2 available

$22 with lifetime warranty

$42 with lifetime warranty

I just pressed my ball joints in today. The kit you get from the store will not work. You will have to find someone to press them in for you.

 

yea the new ones have them,my prob is i just cant get the ball joint to loosen from the spindle.I guess i need bigger hammer?

 

Thats wierd cause my 07 took about 3 hits and it came right out. Wish I could offer some help but not sure what to tell you. You could spray some PB blaster in it to see if maybe it is siezed up.

 

dont know what the deal is,i loosened the nut a little to allow a little space and lifted the whole front side of the truck under the control arm hitting the knuckle,balljoint,spreader!!!the truck has never seen a dirt road either!lol

 

put a big prybar in a way that you can push down on the LCA to provide motivation for it to go, then smack the spindle where the BJ goes through it hard a couple times and it will come right off