Ball Joints are shot....

I can probably swing by Wednesday and lend a hand as well.

i’ll either swing by Jeff’s if he cant make it or i’ll stop at Autozone and borrow theirs

Cool. Thanks so much. BTW, we might need jack stands too… was hoping our neighbor would have them but he doesn’t.
And anyone is welcome to come over if they want.

As of right now i still don’t know if i can make it but i can drop the press off to Derick later today just in case i cant

i have everything we need minus a 35mm socket. i guess the JK has smaller nut :confused: than the TJ :laughing:

i can pick one up if i can’t find someone on here or at work with one

sounds good Jeff. Krissie will be home so just let me know if/when you plan to swing by and i’ll have her open the shed

I’ll text you befor I go

sorry my battery died on my phone

we picked up the 35mm socket and a pair of jack stands today.

oh ya sorry. i was out of the office all day. i have a set of jack stands so if you guys dont need them return your set and get your money back. i should be able to be at your place around 3-3:30. i’ll let you know for sure as the day goes on tomorrow.

We will be here… what do you want for dinner?

Not going to be able to make it anymore, have to work a bit late today. Good luck!

Dinner? Nobody said anything about dinner. Sorry Jay, screw your shock mount. I’m going to Stacey’s instead . . . unless you can up the ante with BEER!

no worries, i’ll probably just work right through to make sure i get it done.

LOL… I can definitely have beer here if you’re coming over (to “help”).

I hope everything went smoothly, I am sorry I could not get the press to you.

:frowning: didn’t go well… but he gave it a hell of a shot… blood, sweat and tears.

Derick got a press from AutoZone. But the Crown parts that we used didn’t seem to be any good. They stripped the threads on both sets of the upper ball joints. Gonna have to call someone tomorrow to get more parts…

How did that happen?

Yucky, that happened to me the first time I did mine.
I was able to rethread everything though.
It was more my fault than parts though.
Wish I could have been able to help but unfortunately we are havering some issues at cub scout camp that are causing Amanda and I to pull favors from councle and are veery time consuming.

Where you able to get in touch with Jeff befor he closed?

gonna pick up some Moog’s today and see what happens…
If anyone is around tonight, stop by… i can supply beer… and pizza…

the ball joints just didnt seem to sit right. there was still a 1/4" gap between the knuckle and the ball joint. figured maybe thats the way they sit but when i went to torque the nuts but got to about 50-60 pounds and they stripped out. the lowers were nice and tight and no problems