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Old October 14th 2005, 19:10
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Is there an DIY way to fit Kesher ball joints?

Has any one tried to fit Kersher ball joints to the later track control arms with out the use of a mandrel press. If so what way did you attempt this and with what kind of tools, equipment setup did you use?
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Old October 24th 2005, 15:38
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In a word... No. I spent a long time and huge amounts of heat just getting the old ones out and getting the new Kerscher balljoints in was only made easy by using a press.
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Old November 14th 2005, 15:24
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Mine took ~8500Kgforce to press in. That's about 19,000 pounds

I've found these 17mm ball joints elsewhere I can only recommend the Kerscher 17mm B/J's tho'

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Old December 7th 2005, 18:06
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Thanks for the replies. Took my Kerscher ball joints to my mates workshop and it took over 4 tons of pressure to press in.
Had no problems with removing the old ball joints, just wacked with a hammer and the flew out. They looked new but could not have been fitted correctly in the first place.
Any way sorted now, thanks once more.
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