Ball Joint Socket

Just for those of you who like to do those little jobs themselves, I have just bought a socket from Halfords to fit the balljoints.

I borrowed one last time I did the front upper ball joint, but I have been meaning to get my own since I did the rears.

It is a 1/2" drive 1 - 13/16" socket and is a perfect fit, in depth as well as size, for the ball joints on the F/TF.

It costs £14.99, but I think it is a valuable addition to your tool kit for removing ball joints, along with a 12V impact driver.

Spookily enough (and I didn't notice this until I got home) the label actually says Ball Joint Socket.

Oi loikes nice shiny tools, oi do. :yesnod:

Murphy's Law!
I have a 1 15/16" socket that I bought specifically to use on the crank pulley of MG B-Series engines.
(Of which I no longer own any)
Is it the same size-Of Course Not! :rant:

David Aiketgate wrote: Oi loikes nice shiny tools, oi do. :yesnod:

Is that why you spend so long polishing yours?

cjj wrote:

David Aiketgate wrote: Oi loikes nice shiny tools, oi do. :yesnod:

Is that why you spend so long polishing yours?

:yesnod: :thumbsup:

very impressed indeed,its best to use a bar on it rather then a air or electric impact,It can break your wrist or damage your car wing.If they are on solid,and they can be,turn on that power and it could be your hand that goes not the ball joint.Its a difficult angle at the best of times.
Enjoy self any way.

David Aiketgate wrote: Oi loikes nice shiny tools, oi do. :yesnod:

Phaaa, shiny :pinch: and we have no halfords in DE
That's shiny :broon:

Draper tool HTD-AF 1 13/16 sourced from fleebay some years ago.
The bag on the right was the packing .... Had a big laughter when I pulled it out of my letter box.

Daz,
no worries with that cheap 12V impact drivers. I own one myself.
They are quite secure and don't hurt due to their design. They only do a very few short but heavy kicks. Easy to hold with one hand only.

You can't get enough leverage on the hub once the top ball joint has been seperated from the suspension arm as it tends to flop around.

The impact wrench that I have just spins up to speed and gives a short thwack. Doesn't feel as though it is ever in danger of damaging anything really and was a quick and easy solution to the problem. Pete has the same wrench and uses his successfully too.

Dieter wrote:

David Aiketgate wrote: Oi loikes nice shiny tools, oi do. :yesnod:

Phaaa, shiny :pinch: and we have no halfords in DE
That's shiny :broon: .

Shiny chrome is just sooo last year.

we do it very differant,we lock the hub up with a bracket,so it cant move,we have air guns ,and they are either on full power or nothing,we tend not to use this guns this days they can and have caused damage and injury.the ball joints are a nightmare how ever you do them,

Get yourself a 12V wrench. It was loose in 10 seconds.

cjj wrote: Get yourself a 12V wrench. It was loose in 10 seconds.

To be fair.
They are for sure not designed for professional long term heavy use :whistle:
Also to slow for a quick access on a load of screws, and not any torque restriction while tightening bolts.
So after "on" comes ... "off" :nonod:

Had to DIY repair my 12V thingy already after the first 8 wheel bolts. It stopped working cause a faston 6.3 connector had come loose inside at the power switch. Cheap and thin brass connectors :rant:
However it works for this ball joints and aswell for the heavy load crank nut.
Didn't try with the wheel hub screw, though.