|
My experience is the pickle fork ALWAYS works when you hit it hard enough but it always rips up the ball joint boot. Before I did my last bearing I picked up the ball joint tool from Autozone for about $30. The cheap one I had wouldn't open wide enough for the main ball joints but the new one does.
I also am able to pull bearings with an improvised tool. A piece of pluming I had on hand (i think its a 4in to 3in stainless steel tubing adapter) , some extremely thick washers special ordered from McMaster Carr, and a 1 inch threaded rod. I've done bearings half a dozen times with it.
|