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Help - Draglink Removal

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:57 am
by mitsi challenge
Hey guys

i have just purchased a new draglink for the front of my GQ but i cant for the life if me get the old one off. is there a trick to it? i have tried the old hitting it with a hammer trick, but it does not appear to want to work (and i dont like beating the krap out of things on cars). i have tried the search engine but found no results.

i am in arundel on the gold coast.

HELP!!!!!!!

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:58 pm
by GQ Bear
You might need a ball joint puller(i think that's what they're called) or any othe kind of steel wedge. Have you whacked the bolt up real hard? This should free it, the things knackered anyway so it doesn't matter if you bugger it further.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:22 pm
by stool
I used the nissan bottle jack to push it up while beating it with a hammer.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:10 pm
by skip-unstuck
Belt the crap out of it at the Power steer box end, It will come. Make sure you hit the Draglink not the Arm from the box.

I used a Mashy hammer and it took a few go's.

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:58 pm
by chunderlicious
easiest way is to hit the actual pitman arm around the rod end and the diff knuckle again around the rod end. it will POP out. use a bolster hammer or something large and heavy with a short handle.

or beat the shit out of the thread from straight bellow. they can take a beating, dont worry, you wont break it by hitting it with a hammer

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:31 am
by Hoppy11
Get one of these, too easy

Hoppy

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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:59 am
by HeathGQ
UPDATE: He got it off and changed over to the superior one...