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Lower Ball Joint HELL.
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<blockquote data-quote="James Neville" data-source="post: 1026513" data-attributes="member: 72696"><p>Went and picked up a couple bernzomatic cannisters and one of the nicer heads for them from lowes (hope that'll do the trick), but I woke up late today and had to go to work before I could get started..</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have a couple of questions though, since this is my first time using one of these torches. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I should just heat up the knuckle for like a minute or two right? Should I move the flame all around the stud on the knuckle or just focus it on one spot? I shouldn't heat the stud direclty should I?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And after I heat it I just start beating the knuckle downward with a hammer till it pops off the joint?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Speaking of which, it had been suggested that I screw the castle nut back on a little and lift it,but I've screwed up the thread so I'm gunna have to skip that part. But I do have several layers of towels on top of cardboard for the knuckle to land on and it's situated so that the spindle won't hit anything either. Should I still jack up the LCA from the B/J stud?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sorry if this is all trivial stuff but like I said its my first time using heat for something like this. Hopefully I'll have an actual update tomorrow morning!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Neville, post: 1026513, member: 72696"] Went and picked up a couple bernzomatic cannisters and one of the nicer heads for them from lowes (hope that'll do the trick), but I woke up late today and had to go to work before I could get started.. I have a couple of questions though, since this is my first time using one of these torches. I should just heat up the knuckle for like a minute or two right? Should I move the flame all around the stud on the knuckle or just focus it on one spot? I shouldn't heat the stud direclty should I? And after I heat it I just start beating the knuckle downward with a hammer till it pops off the joint? Speaking of which, it had been suggested that I screw the castle nut back on a little and lift it,but I've screwed up the thread so I'm gunna have to skip that part. But I do have several layers of towels on top of cardboard for the knuckle to land on and it's situated so that the spindle won't hit anything either. Should I still jack up the LCA from the B/J stud? Sorry if this is all trivial stuff but like I said its my first time using heat for something like this. Hopefully I'll have an actual update tomorrow morning! [/QUOTE]
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