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Originally Posted by RobG
I made this one work. It took some thought to make it work right. When removing the old uppers, I used a 1" Craftsman socket on the bottom of the clamp that would press into the BJ's stud. That gave me enough room (barely) up top to use a receiver cylinder and the cap thing.



When installing the new uppers, I had to start with the cap with the big hole in it on the bottom and a receiver cyl on top with the other cap, but only for halfway. Then I had to reverse it and put the receiver on the bottom and then the other cap directly on top of the new ball joint (which didn't fit on it too well) to press it in the rest of the way.



If the BJ's for your Jeep are smaller (likely), you probably will have less trouble.



Rob

Thanks for the insight. Actually not so worried about using it on my jeep. Had been thinking I own the tool so if the truck ever needs a ball joint replacement I own the tool. Then I saw your posting about it being on the small size, so had to ask. Sounds like it can be done. Thanks again for the info.
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