ball-joint socket needed

[cormagnum]

Does any body in the Waterloo Iowa area have 1-59/64 ball joint socket I can use for my 77 Cordoba

 

[Jeff Peterson]

@toolmanmike maybe?

 

[Tony Tee]

If you're handy and have a welder you can make a tool. I used a long 18" x 2" x 1/4" flat steel bar and welded 4 rectangular pieces to it to form a square over the ball joint and hit it loose with a hammer. I'd post a picture for you, but I'm not at home.

 

[cormagnum]

no welder but that's a good idea Thanks

 

[71RRHI]

If your not in a rush, I have an extra B body ball joint socket. PM me and I can mail you one.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Or if you are in a rush I bought one off Amazon for like 20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003IOEQ1O

 

[cormagnum]

thanks i ordered one off amazon

 

[WileE]

thanks i ordered one off amazon

You do realize that's a 3/4" drive, right ?

 

[toolmanmike]

@toolmanmike maybe?

That I don't have. Sorry.

 

[themechanic]

You do realize that's a 3/4" drive, right ?

Buy a 3/4" to 1/2" socjet adapter, they're cheaper than a 3/4" drive torque wrench.

 

[toolmanmike]

I have done a few ball joints and I have sold (and warranted) thousands of adapters. The reason they are 3/4" drive is because you usually need the extra length and power to break them loose. A 1/2" breaker bar isn't long enough and you put a pipe on it and you will twist the head off the breaker bar off. I have seen it a thousand times in 28 years in the tool business. "The proper tool for the job" applies here.

 

[khryslerkid]

Last time I did one I had a 1/2-3/4 adapter on a 1/2 strong arm and a 3' piece of pipe. I couldn't budge it. Had it red hot and sprayed it with penitrating oil, still no go. Put my impact to it and it came loose. Normally if a strong arm won't do it an impact isn't going to work. Go figure.

 

[Don Frelier]

Last time I did one I had a 1/2

Some turn easier than others.
I've used a 4' pipe in the past.

 

[khryslerkid]

Some turn easier than others.
I've used a 4' pipe in the past.

I didn't get to finish typing because of the fricken add at the bottom that screws with the keyboard on my phone. Stupidest thing I've ever had to deal with on here.

 

[WileE]

Buy a 3/4" to 1/2" socjet adapter, they're cheaper than a 3/4" drive torque wrench.

Why are you telling me that ? I've had my BJ socket and 3/4 bar for over 50 years.

 

[WileE]

I have done a few ball joints and I have sold (and warranted) thousands of adapters. The reason they are 3/4" drive is because you usually need the extra length and power to break them loose. A 1/2" breaker bar isn't long enough and you put a pipe on it and you will twist the head off the breaker bar off. I have seen it a thousand times in 28 years in the tool business. "The proper tool for the job" applies here.

Yup. Decades have passed by, but I still recall the first time I had to do this job.

 

[themechanic]

Why are you telling me that ? I've had my BJ socket and 3/4 bar for over 50 years.

I said torque wrench. The breaker bar is for removal only.

 

[hemi71x]

Buy a 3/4" to 1/2" socjet adapter, they're cheaper than a 3/4" drive torque wrench.

Well, what the 3/4 drive Ball Joint socket looks like, and a 3/4 drive ratchet.
EDIT:
And breaker bar.

 

[kiwigtx]

I've had my BJ socket and 3/4 bar for over 50 years.

You have a socket for BJ's ???

 

[themechanic]

Well, what the 3/4 drive Ball Joint socket looks like, and a 3/4 drive ratchet.

View attachment 1858656

Thanks, but I know what they look like.

FWIW, don't use a ratchet with pipe extension unless you want to ruin the ratchet; that's what the breaker bar is for.