help with upper ball joint

anyone in the st Augustine/ Jacksonville area wanna help me replace my upper ball joint on my driver's side? ( passenger side is already done) I don't have a press and am from Vermont. I'd be happy to throw you 50 bucks and a 6 pack! lemme know. I don't have a press machine here. 95 Tacoma 4x4 2.7l. thanks!

 

Those C clamps are supposed to be the ticket.

Then again with rust, I can see it being hard to do.

 

No Auto Zone, Oreilly, Napa locally? Pay the tool rental deposit and return back within 48 hours and get your deposit back. Litterily free....

 

Try your regional area threads for better luck.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/florida-b-s-thread.98537/ or,
https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/florida.45/

As mentioned above, a C-Clamp is the way to go here. Can rent them for essentially a deposit only or grab one off Amazon for 50 bones or less (I'm sure you'll use it again). Reference this video... you can do it yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sY2azyLBuI

 

I've never had a 48 hour time limit with any of the tools I've rented, is that new?

 

If there's rust:

 

Just go to auto zone rent 3 and press it in with whichever one works

 

OP:http://www.bajataco.com/tech/control_arms_03.html
Or hit it with your purse

 

I used this to replace my upper ball joints

 

Nice!!!

 

Not new. Been 48hrs for 10+ years from what I can recall.

 

No those loaner kits just float around the different stores in your city.....
so they dont care when.......if tool was already restocked, they just float it to another store....
in last 6mo for harmonic puller kit.....I've returned 45days out at autozone no problem....
but in my greater metro area there's like 40 or 50 stores....

Stuff bought from autozone I've returned 6mo later unused(tie rods).....I have a rewards accounts so they journal each purchase......forever.....

 

That was a fun project and way past due when I did mine on my 1995 Tacoma.
Plenty of great write ups here and plenty of good videos around for tips.
I didn’t have any pro tips to add but this story came to mind as I worked on it in the garage and I hoped it might entertain someone else.
If you get bored, take a look and let me know if you find the story entertaining…

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/a-guy-a-garage-and-a-tacoma-man-yoga.688468/#post-24324680

 

Maybe a regional thing, because I've kept the tools I rented for well over a week and they never said anything.