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M4wdFab

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M4 Ball Joint press
« on: September 30, 2013, 10:40:56 AM »
MLC Ball joints were in there like it was they job.  most suborn set i have ever done to date- i got mad enough and finally made a tool that i have been thinking about every time i do them. 

2 hours of frustration beating and heating things like normal ball joint press with no progress
10 minutes of fabrication
5 minutes to remove 4 ball joints.
5 minutes to install 4 ball joints.

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Nick

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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2013, 10:43:36 AM »
That's the bees knees!!
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2013, 10:48:26 AM »
HD
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2013, 10:53:49 AM »
Hmmm... Maybe the other guys did see the problems with MLC, but decided they didn't want to manufacture a solution. I'm taking it for granted that they don't need any of my $$ which means that unless I can provide all the TLC that MLC needs, she'll be coming to see M4.
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2013, 11:07:32 AM »
Do you rent tools?  ;D
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2013, 11:21:20 AM »
slightly more HD than a glorified C clamp!
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2013, 12:27:52 PM »
this thing is sweet.  ya it can be rented.  i made it big enough for matts 12ton bottle jack, which i will be buying my own.  My 4ton was not enough ass.



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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2013, 12:44:29 PM »
that's scary.
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2013, 12:52:09 PM »
we had a small engineering discussion on the tensile strength of 3/8"x1.5" mild steel.  decided "it would be fine" for 6 ton on each side.  Top and bottom is 2x2 .250 wall as short as possible for bottle base. 
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2013, 12:58:49 PM »
no go with 4ton holy shit!
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2013, 12:59:52 PM »
i was squinting even with the 12 on the first one haha
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2013, 01:06:26 PM »
quick math we are good for about 30 tons on this unit.


noice.
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2013, 01:07:55 PM »
Wait. You're saying that a 4t jack didn't get the bjoints out?
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2013, 03:05:56 PM »
keep squinting....





I'm tempted to do some maths on psi, but I can't really see a point in shear psi and the vertical pressure is just a known quantity somewhere between 8000 and 24000#. that's not so interesting...

that's some crazy shear resistant rust.
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Re: M4 Ball Joint press
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2013, 03:10:58 PM »
I would get a extended handle model
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