stuck ball joint

[millaz88]

ok i no everyone has posted how to's on removing lower ball joints but i have a freakin stuck one i cant get i got one side easy as pie just this one is stuck and stuck realy good any ideas on how to get it out tryed lever n hittin the bottom of the strut to jolt it free and tryed just hitin the damn thing as i got pissed the **** off didnt work i dont have a blow torch or anything and i need to get it out any dodgy back yard ideas welcome ill try anything im stuck

[greenacc]

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[SweetWagon]

ok i no everyone has posted how to's on removing lower ball joints but i have a freakin stuck one i cant get i got one side easy as pie just this one is stuck and stuck realy good any ideas on how to get it out tryed lever n hittin the bottom of the strut to jolt it free and tryed just hitin the damn thing as i got pissed the **** off didnt work i dont have a blow torch or anything and i need to get it out any dodgy back yard ideas welcome ill try anything im stuck

I had the exact same problem as you, watch this vid is shows a great technique to splitting the joint.
YouTube - Honda painless ball joint removal

Basically jack the strut up and find a suitably sized socket to wedge between bottom of the strut and lower control arm then let the jack back down. Now there will be alot of pressure forcing the joint apart, and a hit with a hammer should release the joint. Worked like a charm for me.

[centy]

i tooke the strut and lower arm out as one then proceeded to smash the joint with 2 hammers it came apart after a few swings.
you need both hammers to hit at the same time to pop it out.

[madsav]

i bashed the crap out of my ball joints same prob 1 side was easy other side gave me hell, in the end i got that annoyed i cut it out with a angel grinder destroyed half my control arm,had to buy a new 1 but the point is i got it out and it didnt beat me

[ScoHar]

last time i did one on a VN, It seemed like it was stuck no matter how hard I hit it, turned out it was binding with the angle of the l.c.a

[rickybobby]

i also find VN balljoints very difficult.
i broke 2 pickle forks and a 'special' ball joint puller.
cried to mechanic bud on phone.
he laughed at me and suggested that i htfu and hit harder with a bigger hammer.
over 30 minutes and over 100 hits - as hard as i could - yeah i counted.
metal on metal smell was like gunpowder/fireworks.
if it's about the backyard - keep hitting - you'll hit the right spot and pop it in in the end.
enjoy.

[centy]

the biggest hammer you can smash into it is the way to go.
i had a club hammer and large ball pein hammer.
took maybe 10 min a side, once they were on the ground.

[Zuicider]

lol i used a block splitter yesterday

[millaz88]

well i ended up given up n pulling the whole lot out control arm and strut and taken it to the mechanic took him 5 mins to heat it up with the oxy n then ****en charged me $50 couldnt beleive it i coulda rented a blow torch for the day for $25 wtf