It needs upper and lower suspension ball joints coz the offside wheel doth 
wobble.

I've bought some new 'uns from the 'net and they look suitably chunky and 
shiny. Thing is, I killed my balljoint splitter the last time I used it. Do 
I have to go and buy another one or does anyone have any inventive ways of 
splitting the joint? S'not like I'm going to be using the old ones for 
anything...

Si

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> It needs upper and lower suspension ball joints coz the offside wheel doth
> wobble.
>
> I've bought some new 'uns from the 'net and they look suitably chunky and
> shiny. Thing is, I killed my balljoint splitter the last time I used it.
Do
> I have to go and buy another one or does anyone have any inventive ways of
> splitting the joint? S'not like I'm going to be using the old ones for
> anything...
>
> Si
>

have you tried one of these
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/s.nl/sc.9/category.99/it.A/id.10169/.f

>> It needs upper and lower suspension ball joints coz the offside wheel 
>> doth
>> wobble.
>>
>> I've bought some new 'uns from the 'net and they look suitably chunky and
>> shiny. Thing is, I killed my balljoint splitter the last time I used it. 
>> Do
>> I have to go and buy another one or does anyone have any inventive ways 
>> of
>> splitting the joint? S'not like I'm going to be using the old ones for
>> anything...
>>
> have you tried one of these
> http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/s.nl/sc.9/category.99/it.A/id.10169/.f


That style balljoint splitter is the absolute dogs bollocks.  It really is.

I had a Sealey one (bought from Cafco - local factors) for ages, until once 
I used it and the stress actually broke the forged metal casting - one of 
the bits of the lever, as the force acting on it was *that* strong.  I asked 
them if it had a lifetime warranty (as is often the case with such tools), 
and most Sealey tools (including this one) did, but since I'd long since 
lost the receipt there was nothing they could do, so it was 12 for a new 
one.  They gave me Sealey's number to deal direct with them, which I haven't 
got around to......

But yeah, absolutely brilliant tools, them.  Only really any use IME on 
steering balljoints (track-rod ends) and not bottom balljoints, though YMMV.

Peter