Rear ball joint replacement
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Asked by Nick Aug 11, 2018 at 03:12 AM about the 1996 Ford Taurus GL Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I am replacing my wife's rear ball joints on her
1996 ford Taurus gl wagon. Now I've never had this
much trouble replacing ball joint but its as if these
have been welded in. I'm sure they are the original
parts and was not taken care of by the last owner
but I have done everything from beating it with a
sledge hammer to using the ball joint press and
still neither of them have moved. Could someone
help me out here?

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firebird338 answered 5 years ago

If you do use heat use the yellow bottle of propane burns much hotter then the blue bottle.

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Nick answered 5 years ago

I had used my propane torch and a solid steel sledge hammer my dad made called Thor hahaha. I got both out and new ones in a appreciate the help.

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