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[Maroon96]

Got some stuff in anticipation of my coming front end rebuild.

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[skylark]

Got some stuff in anticipation of my coming front end rebuild.

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Lube the snot out of that ball joint press! I've galled the threads on several of the OEM presses even with synthetic grease.

 

[Biggershaft96]

Garage sale find

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[Maroon96]

Lube the snot out of that ball joint press! I've galled the threads on several of the OEM presses even with synthetic grease.

Will do. Do you recommend regular grease or some type of spray on stuff?

 

[df2x4]

Garage sale find

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I have a funny memory of watching a buddy crawl under a 4th gen Camaro pulled onto some 2x4s to change the oil with like 4" of clearance, and the only light source he had was a quad D-cell MagLite like that Matco. It was hilarious watching him try and get it to any kind of a useful angle.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

Garage sale find

The company I worked for here in Phx extruded all of the aluminum for Mag Flashlight - out of 6061 alloy, hard stuff!

 

[skylark]

Will do. Do you recommend regular grease or some type of spray on stuff?

Definitely a regular grease.

 

[Biggershaft96]

I have a funny memory of watching a buddy crawl under a 4th gen Camaro pulled onto some 2x4s to change the oil with like 4" of clearance, and the only light source he had was a quad D-cell MagLite like that Matco. It was hilarious watching him try and get it to any kind of a useful angle.

Yea i could see where it would be a pain in the ass to use but i couldn't pass it up for $1. Its fine though i have lots of flashlights lol

 

[JeezLouiseGMC]

Got some stuff in anticipation of my coming front end rebuild.

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I just replaced my upper ball joint today. I need to meet whoever at gm decided to rivet in a ball joint. I just wanna talk lmao

 

[alpinecrick]

I just replaced my upper ball joint today. I need to meet whoever at gm decided to rivet in a ball joint. I just wanna talk lmao

I'm pretty sure the rivets are made of Kryptonite. The first time I changed the upper BJ's on my '91 years ago motivated me to buy a set of cobalt drill bits. My good old timey USA made HSS bits would dull in about 30 seconds even at slow speed. Cobalt bits and lots of cutting oil, then it's not too bad.

Allegedly, some guys torch 'em out, others have CLAIMED they grind the heads off and punch them out (I be skeptical).

Eons from now, the rest of the truck will be dust, but those rivets will still look like new...........