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01-14-2016, 09:25 AM

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rzldzl

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Model: Cherokee

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Originally Posted by caged

that's the ticket right there.

now go buy yourself a cheap press, maybe step up to a cheap kit from amazon or harbor freight and go at it yourself.

i like to use my 7.5a electric impact gun to tighten the press, then my bfh to hammer the end once under load and bobs your uncle.

i have had to use washers and kinda stack them under the press cup to get it to sit properly on the knuckle as i didn't have any angled cups.

yeah the princess auto one i used

http://www.princessauto.com/en/detai...it/A-p8354714e

oops $40, not $20 as i remembered, had a review that dude used it on his tj, so figured i would be ok, and i was

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01-14-2016, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by rzldzl

yeah, i used a $20 ball joint press and was warned aboot bending/breaking it, so followed the tip of crank the press til tight then hammer it bunch while its under pressure, tighten some more, hammer, and so on....it worked

I've used that method in the past, and it's worked pretty well. This time though, I had no luck with it.

One thing I've learned working on Jeeps though is that as long as I've got my angle grinder and air hammer, there's nothing I can't "fix".