Re: Jaguar XJ8 Lower front ball joint rant # Archived Message
Posted by Steve Scott on May 3, 2010, 7:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Jaguar XJ8 Lower front ball joint rant #"
Hi, Apologies for Granny and eggs and all that. I have found the only way to dislodge a stubborn taper is a bigger hammer behind the balljoint than the one you are hitting the balljoint with. That way, there is nowhere for the energy of the hammer blow to dissipate other than through the taper. I was also taught (painfully, by an old master craftsman) to hold the hammer at the end of the shaft and to look at the thing you are hitting - ouch! Cheers Doc...
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