My dad and I are working on replacing my clutch. The lower ball joint on the passenger side is not budging with the separater that we have. any tricks?

appreciate it guys

 

Rubber mallet plus elbow grease?

 

Yea, that was where I got stuck too when replacing the clutch. Take a massive prybar, wedge it in there, and it should pop right out

 

tried that

 

Mine had to be broken out

 

didnt see your post until now... we'll try that. thanks

 

Done. thanks guys

 

nice..i just heaved on it and it worked for me

 

they sell honda ball joint removers, it took me 3 minutes and a Loud ass POP, but it worked..

 

hahahaha, took me like 3 seconds when i hooked that balljoint remover up to my air wrench

 

ya the air usually does it

 

yeah i used a ghetto separator fork and rubber mallet + penetrating lube. After a bunch of lube and an hour of waiting, it popped right off.

i need air tools

 

That's what my suspension tech used for mine, but they were so old and shitty he busted them out

 

20lb hammer and a new ball joint. only $20
what r u doing by the way

 

+ penetrating lube

need extra penetration ? Just get some + penetrating lub to get the job done.

 

clutch




will i need to press the lower control arm back onto the ball joint, or can I just tighten the castle nut to specs and it will be alright?

 

you need to press it back in
you can even hit it back in

 

okay so now we're having trouble getting the flywheel bolts through the new flywheel (fidanza 8lb). we're heating it up right now, but if that doesnt work... what? it looks like they could kinda be threaded into it, but i dont want to mess anything up. thoughts?

 

dont do nothing
calling fidanza and tell them the problem
the bolts should go right in with no issue
if you do anything not accepted by them they might not replace the defective flywheel if it is
i really suggest you call them

 

Done.


phew...