Gratulations that you were finally able to push that (remainder of the) ball joint out of the lower arm, which was waiting for you since episode [63]. Seeing the force (by means of hydraulic press) which was required to do so explains why your massive tools in [63] failed. I hazard a guess that the corrosion holding the ball joint in the lower arm is due to the salt on the roads in Austria in winter - that's an issue we don't have in Australia. So I guess using the angle-grinder (in [113]) as intermediate step to get to the goal was justified. and that way you also had the option to leave the insert in then lower arm. I had to remove the ball-joint WITH insert and then remove the insert from the ball joint and then press the insert back into the lower arm. As I emailed you already, getting the other bit of the ball joint out of the vertical link may just be possible with your hydraulic press (I have a similar press), but getting the new ball joint back into the vertical link would be a totally different kettle of fish. The complicated geometry of the vertical link makes it very hard to position it suitably in the press to push in the ball joint. This is why I had to weld together a massive newly designed insert for the press (the bit the items rest on), which makes it possible to get a lot closer to the press-pin. The design of the press as it is, blocks proper access to the press-pin. While I welded the new bit for the press, it would also be possible to use massive bolts instead and about 5mm thick steel-profiles.
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I I finally bought an s-type, 2007 3.0 140.000km. In life, he is even cooler, a car for the soul! Now I will watch your videos more often! Thank you)
Congrats to your "new" car! I´m gonna publise a new episode soon...
Excellent work man ! Well done and most interesting.
Thanks a lot (as well for watching)!
Nice video bro!
Thanks for watching (as always)!
Gratulations that you were finally able to push that (remainder of the) ball joint out of the lower arm, which was waiting for you since episode [63]. Seeing the force (by means of hydraulic press) which was required to do so explains why your massive tools in [63] failed. I hazard a guess that the corrosion holding the ball joint in the lower arm is due to the salt on the roads in Austria in winter - that's an issue we don't have in Australia. So I guess using the angle-grinder (in [113]) as intermediate step to get to the goal was justified. and that way you also had the option to leave the insert in then lower arm. I had to remove the ball-joint WITH insert and then remove the insert from the ball joint and then press the insert back into the lower arm. As I emailed you already, getting the other bit of the ball joint out of the vertical link may just be possible with your hydraulic press (I have a similar press), but getting the new ball joint back into the vertical link would be a totally different kettle of fish. The complicated geometry of the vertical link makes it very hard to position it suitably in the press to push in the ball joint. This is why I had to weld together a massive newly designed insert for the press (the bit the items rest on), which makes it possible to get a lot closer to the press-pin. The design of the press as it is, blocks proper access to the press-pin. While I welded the new bit for the press, it would also be possible to use massive bolts instead and about 5mm thick steel-profiles.
Your advance information concerning this steel insert helped me a lot.
Thanks for that, and also for watching of course!
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Thanks for watching 👍