Day 7, brake lines, front upper ball joint

 Well, today was a continuation of yesterday with corroded connections refusing to budge and new parts that wouldn't fit!

Don't know why I put this in other than showing the fitting that managed to mangle my thumb! The new rear brake line is in now.  One thing I didn't mention was that the autopsy confirmed my impression as to why the brakes wouldn't bleed on the drivers front-the flex line was swollen shut.

Nifty Harbor freight tool for breaking the ball joint loose, worked like a charm on this one, just keep hoping that it's well enough made not to break as there is a lot of force concentrated in that tiny area.

As you can see, it came loose and I am cleaning up the 'joint' in anticipation of installing the new one.

Bottom ball joint ready to pop out, I had to let it sit tonight with penetrating oil with pressure on it hoping that it will have popped loose when I start tomorrow-talk about wishful thinking!

After a lot of struggling the new upper ball joint went in, this is what I was alluding to earlier, I struggled with this ball joint till I realized that the new spring was to 'thick' for me to get the shims and cap back in place.  I finally reused the old spring and it went together in a jiffy.


That's all for today,

Cheers,

LLynn


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  1. Drew ScherzAugust 16, 2020 at 6:37 PM

    It's been a while since I did the top ball joints on my car. I reused the original springs as a matter of course and that has worked just fine. I have the same ball joint separator and my fears are the same as yours. I keep cranking it down worrying about the tool breaking and then bang! It does the job.

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    1. LynnGAugust 18, 2020 at 5:19 PM

      Hi Drew,
      It seems to be a pretty good tool, much better than bashing them with two hammers ;-)

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