Removing the upper ball joint
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Asked by Miked2674 Mar 11, 2017 at 02:32 PM about the 1994 Dodge RAM 1500 Laramie SLT LB 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I am trying to remove the upper ball
joint and no matter what I try it will not
budge. What should I try? I have looked
on line and it only shows ball joints
connected to a wishbone . Mine does
not have a wishbone.

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Miked2674 answered 7 years ago

Tried it.nothing. I have tried just about everything a non mechanic can think of including a small propane torch. Do you have any other ideas?

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F_O_R answered 4 years ago

An air hammer can loosen things up when nothing else will.

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