How to Replace a Truck Ball Joint : How to Remove an Upper Ball Joint on Trucks

Learn how to use a pickle fork on the upper ball joint in this free auto repair and car maintenance video clip.

Expert: Nathan McCullough
Bio: Nathan McCullough graduated from Nashville Auto-Diesel College with a GPA of 3.5 and received their Craftsmanship Award and Honor Seal.
Filmmaker: Robert Rogers

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• repair
• maintenance
• ball
• auto
• car
• joint
• mechanic

[QQTrick1QQ]

More like separate ball joint from spindle not remove ball joint

[MrRichman63]

for all those who have bad comments on this video please make your own showing the proper way and lets compare videos......wait...u probably need to watch a video on how to make one.....damn...lol..lol

[ih8suvz]

Is this method good for lower ball joints too?

[irwle]

@QQTrick1QQ Ditto to your question! :)

I did separate it... now how do I remove the ball joint from the arm? The video is wrongly titled, however, I truly appreciate the captioning on this video.

[sfomenko8]

Hi I like the video, it's very informative and helpful, but can you please number your videos, so that the viewer is able to watch the procedure in the correct order.

Thank you

[MKpVjVLC]

@cbr900rr919 A mechanical weld implies the bonding of two surfaces at a molecular level, physically joining them to become one. The connection of a tapered ball joint pin to the matching tapered socket in the upright is called an interference fit.  The striking of the two hammers momentarily distorts the taper and allows the pin to be released.

A pickle fork releases the pin using brute force. Neither method will work if the two parts have been welded in any way. "Squeezed".. you're funny.

[MKpVjVLC]

@cbr900rr919 Yes, I'm 10. There, see how cleverly you won the argument with your devastating sarcasm?

However, you do need to work on your punctuation, spelling, punctuation, and grammar; I can tell they're not your strong points.

Back to the video though. Impact hammering: right technique, wrong tools. Needs two metalwork hammers of equal weight. Pickle fork is also ok, but NOT a pneumatic tool being struck with a carpenter's hammer; and dings ANYWHERE on the rotor are not ok.

[cbr900rr919]

@MKpVjVLC oh and what are you like 10? i see you don't have any uploads showing how it's done. just favorites about Disney world lol. Just another youtube know it all. and this dude has tons of videos helping other people who don't know how to do stuff like this. and he hasn't steered anybody wrong yet. and he dose it usually the way a home mechanic would do it. so people understand better. so quit your bitching and if you think its wrong put up a video of your shop and how to do it properly.

[oSMOKEYo1]

good thing these guys never made a mistake. we got the point thats all that counts. if they were so good why did they need to watch the video.

[probegt75]

good video bro and thanks. i can't believe some of these people on there they must be 13 years old.

[MKpVjVLC]

You're a shadetree clown trying to sound like a pro (mechanical weld my ass), while using the wrong tools.

That's a pickle fork designed for a pneumatic air hammer, and you're using a carpenter's claw hammer to beat on the end of it, all the while smacking dings into the brake rotor.

How does it go, "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." It certainly applies in this case!

I don't know who PRO-TEC are but they must be embarrassed to have their badge on your shirt.