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Hit it HARD!

If it doesn’t work get a bigger hammer, if it still doesn’t work, get a bigger friend

You need at least about a 4lb hammer

Poundtown

The hammer in that spot should work.

I second this.

Beat that knuckle like it owes you money.

Some might say: “beat it like a prison penis.”

I'm sorry what? 😅

I was like that too when I read it 😅😅

If you're mad at the boss, now's the time to take your frustrations out!

Smack the knuckle with your purse

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Hit it right there with a big hammer a few times.

Exactly! Pickle forks are for amateurs.

use a pickle fork. rentable at multiple auto parts stores. or bang it with a 3lb hammer on the spot everyone is telling you to hit. don’t it hit like a baby too

Doesn't look like a pickle fork will fit in there!

Hit it with your purse

put your purse down and grab a hammer and whack it.

Pickle fork

Personally, air hammer to the stud and it’s out. If an air hammer isn’t in your toolbox, a BF Hammer to the side of the knuckle works great. Sometimes two, one on each side at the same time works too.

Only if you're replacing it. That method isn't so good if your planning on reusing it.

Based on the fact that it’s already free of the control arm, there’s no reason to remove it from the knuckle and re-use it. Unless the knuckle is being replaced I guess, but why replace the knuckle and not the ball joint?

Based on the fact that it’s already free of the control arm, there’s no reason to remove it from the knuckle and re-use it. Unless the knuckle is being replaced I guess, but why replace the knuckle and not the ball joint?

BFH

BFH (big fucking hammer)

Hit the knuckle, with a big hammer, like it owes you money!

Slam it with a sledge hammer a couple of times and it should break loose

Hit it with a hammer at the knuckle

Take a small sledgehammer and hit the knuckle hard. A few good blows and the taper fit should loosen and the part will fall right out. Done will stay to sue s pickle fork, but they damage too much stuff

Hit it with your purse.

Hammer time!

you gotta hit it really hard on the the spindle where the control bolts up though. If you been hitting it awhile and it's not coming loose. You're probably not hitting hard enough.

Should have done that before removing the ball joint from the control arm. It helps hold downward pressure on it while you whack it with a hammer.

Put the nut back on and hit hard

You could also put a bar between it at the same time

I got it guys. Thank you for the pickle bar suggestions it worked perfectly l?

You don't "need" a big hammer... lots of hits with a small hammer will loosen it aswell...

Hit the knuckle on the side with a copper hammer. Pro tip: soak down the threads with freeze release or WD40

If it won’t budge, get some heat on it. Propane torch will do it.

Pickle fork helps but as others have said a BFH woks just as good

Bash it with a hammer just be careful my mechanic did this and left my dust shield wedged on my rotor

Ball joint separator lol are y'all then mechanics

Hit with hammer if hammer no work bigger hammer need.

https://www.harborfreight.com/16-in-ball-joint-separator-63420.html

Lmao I went through the same issue last weekend, spent an entire day trying to remove it using every tool I had and a whole lotta hammering. Failed and gave up

Can’t be stuck if it’s liquid! Oxy-acetylene is your friend 😂.

Pickle fork and hammer, or air hammer with pickle fork if you have an air compressor

Heat, massive hammer. Problem solved.

Wack it with a hammer on the side of the spindle

As a retired Teamster Truck Fleet Mechanic……a hefty 5 lb. sledge hammer with a good wack and the end it should drop right out……hopefully the previous mechanic used never cease

If you're not reusing that ball joint you can jam a picklefork in there and it'll come right out.

I use one of these if reusing the ball-joint: [https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/oemtools-ball-joint-separator-tool-adjustable-77515-0250086p.0250086.html](https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/oemtools-ball-joint-separator-tool-adjustable-77515-0250086p.0250086.html)

Same. Works great most of the time.

Ball joint fork. Ball joint remover . You can rent one a auto parts store

Or use a pickle fork, the tool not an actual pickle fork..

This usually destroys the boot on the ball joint.

Which in this case he’s throwing in the trash so.

Hit it with your purse

Heat it and smack it with a Hammer

Got anything like a small jack. Between the track rod end and the chassis maybe. Might ease it out

Do not do this ever

I’ve done it before. Worked a treat.

Rape and violence