suspension help!!!

[chris-hall-yo]

I decided to remove my front strut tonite but ran in to a few problems. I got the track rod end off and top strut bolts but couldn't get the lower arm ball joint out! the pinch bolt came out easy but the threads strippped aswell. I tryed hitting the lower arm with a hammer plenty of times but it doesn't want to come out. Any ideas??????

[BertieG]

jack the strut up off the disc a bit and hit it again. its a bit of a fiddle with trial and error, sometimes they come straight off and sometimes theyre a bastard

[chris-hall-yo]

hmm ok, i'l have a go again tomorrow!!!

[BertieG]

might be worth buying a ball joint splitter if you still have trouble. although ive never needed one myself

[chris-hall-yo]

ye thing is with the splitter it'l rip the ball joint boot and then come MOT its a fail!