CV boot/ ball joint replacement
 

Anyone know anything about the ball joint press # 9560 on page 42-17 in Bentley manual for Boxster??

I guess it's a Porsche special tool. wondering about price, alternatives, usefulness,..

Harbor Freight has a very similar tool for about $18, works well and can be used on anything......................

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/pho...9899/99849.gif

That would be awesome if it worked on the rear lower ball joint on a 986.

Have you used it for that?

I think the usefulness of this tool for this particular job is nil. I did my passenger side CV boots and didn't need this tool. I guess you do if you follow the manual to the letter, but if you look around on the boards you'll usually find some shortcuts. I know this has been discussed here before.

Kirk

Yeah I did my passenger side before I had a manual but on a 2000 S the drivers side has less clearance. I have the factory manuals & Bentleys now so I tried thier way but I wish I didn't at this point.

Searched the forum & found a thread that sounds like a better method than what was in the manuals so this tool is my last effort for this procedure

Yes, many times..................

OK Thanks, my local Harbor Freight is out of stock but I'm getting some where

You can do both sides of a 2000 S without this tool. I did it, and I posted the steps here. Just do a search.

NAPA also has a similar tool to the one pictured below, which I purchased. However, I had a difficult time getting it to seat properly on the driver's side (iirc); thus, I ended up using the traditional ball joint separator (the pickle fork thing) and it was much faster (w/o damaging the rubber boot, which you do need to be careful about).

-jimmy

Can it be done without a "tool": Yes, but it often takes longer and/or results in other issues that take time to resolve. In a shop, time is money, and the right tool for the job is king......................

CV Boots Re: Jack G
 

Jack, I sent you a private message re this. Basically, I think you're right. Having released the two ball joints, and still finding no room to remove the axles, it seems that your method makes more sense. I gather from your post of many months ago that you make room by dropping the exhaust system down a few inches. Can you please explain in greater detail. I've been horsing the control arms around to no avail, and figure I'm missing something simple. Thanks a bunch.

i did this last week using the instructions found on this form. You release the headers with their six bolts, with liberal use of bpblaster or similar. Jack up the wheel carrier and the axels will have enough room to get out. Time consuming for me, but still enjoyable.

That's the first thing I did when I went on the forum, read your post, sounded like a good method, especially since I have sport cats & headers to install.
Unfortunatly I have put out the big bucks for a factory service manual set & Bentleys manual & went down that road to far to turn around. I vow never to start a big project without consulting this forum again. :(