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Cam-Tech-Craig Member Since: 03 Aug 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 16280 |
Buy a ball joint splitter sir... The heavier the better |
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19th Oct 2023 12:22am |
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Gremlin500 Member Since: 11 Mar 2022 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 1413 |
See this thread, some measurements on there so you can try to figure out if it will fit the L322:
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19th Oct 2023 9:19am |
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bradww Member Since: 24 May 2023 Location: Chesterfield Posts: 35 |
https://workshop-manuals.com/landrover/ran...ter_usage/
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19th Oct 2023 10:07am |
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Gremlin500 Member Since: 11 Mar 2022 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 1413 |
JLR L322 tool looks to be the same one as for the L405, anyone got both part numbers?
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19th Oct 2023 3:33pm |
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GrunterNI Member Since: 30 Oct 2020 Location: Co Down Posts: 48 |
Thanks for the replies guys. I have both arms freed and left loosely attached but if you look at these photos that I've nicked from another site you'll see the ball joint I'm currently battling with. I'm gonna try and get the whole hub knuckle off tomorrow as I now have to change the CV boot anyway. Once I get it off that ball joint will be coming out!!!
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22nd Oct 2023 11:00pm |
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garyRR Member Since: 13 Mar 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1463 |
To get sufficient access, you need to remove the driveshaft. Thereafter, it's sheer brute force.
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23rd Oct 2023 5:45am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3187 |
Heat is you friend with interference fits. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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23rd Oct 2023 7:18am |
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FJ12Jagmen Member Since: 25 Jun 2020 Location: Danbury Essex Posts: 59 |
I smashed the innards out then used a hacksaw to make 2 slots in the carrier. Fell out easy then. 2007 3.6 TDV8
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23rd Oct 2023 10:11am |
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kevinp Member Since: 28 Sep 2019 Location: Telford Posts: 1205 |
You need a solid support going down to the ground or it will just vibrate when you hit it. |
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23rd Oct 2023 11:33am |
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GrunterNI Member Since: 30 Oct 2020 Location: Co Down Posts: 48 |
Thanks again to everyone for all of your advice.
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23rd Oct 2023 2:07pm |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3187 |
Mount that on a wooden stand and keep it on your desk! 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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23rd Oct 2023 2:47pm |
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GrunterNI Member Since: 30 Oct 2020 Location: Co Down Posts: 48 |
So I got the passenger side arms, knuckle mounting bolts and both half shaft retaining nuts all undone handily enough this afternoon so the next job was to split the half shaft from the knuckle. Boy does that thing feel like it's welded solid and that's using a newly bought heavy duty hub splitter.
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24th Oct 2023 5:24pm |
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dhallworth Member Since: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3065 |
I did those ball joints on my old 4.2 in the press and they were a doddle. I did them last week on my 5.0 with the hub on the car and it was a right pain to do. I almost got as far as taking the hub off the car to do it but persevered.
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24th Oct 2023 7:33pm |
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GrunterNI Member Since: 30 Oct 2020 Location: Co Down Posts: 48 |
I don’t think I have ever done a more PIA job than that bottom ball joint so to make life a whole lot easier on the passenger side I’m removing the hub this time so that I can easily get heat at it and hammer it directly from above instead of having to hammer with very little space or melting the CV boot with the blow torch 😤
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24th Oct 2023 8:16pm |
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