2012 Maxtrac Spindle Group Buy

i used a pickle fork and it shreads the boot :S

 

My boot was already shreaded ...haha

 

trying to avoid that

 

to bad you are so far anthony i would say come over and lend a hand with the lift

 

I had a shop quote me $100 to do the lift front and rear......i told the guy i wouldnt even do it for $100 haha and i want to do it myself anyways!!

 

sometimes i hate living in sb ):

 

that is really good deal.

 

welll if you are really bored adventure down to LA- LA land.

 

Ok guys, I have been reading that you guys using a tie rodpuller/pickle fork. This will destroy your tie rod and ball joint boots.

This is what we do here. We loosen all the ball joints, tie rod bolts, and leave them on the last few threads. Then we hit knuckle not thetie rod with 3lb or 4lb mallet right where the tie rod/ball joint goes into the knuckle. With 1-5 good hits they will fall out just from the vibration, because you left the nuts on with a few threads the knuckle wont go crashing down to the ground when they break free.

 

how will a tie rod puller destroy anything? i tried that method.....for 30 minutes and it did not work....the tie rod puller took 1 minute

 

which tie rod puller do you use?

 

ok cool how much was it??? how do you use on the ball joint for the upper and spindle??

 

it was free from kragen.....you cant really use it in the uppers....but one of mine would not come off....so i managed to jamed the tie rod puller on the upper bj to get it off....it worked.

 

I was referring more to the pickle fork style. We do a few sets of knuckles a week and can swap 2wds in about an hour. Most of the time goes to putting the truck on the lift. I was just trying to make it easier on you guys and let you know what the techs at the retail location do.

 

ok.

 

damn that is quick but it helps to put a truck on lift instead of doing everything on the ground. I think i have done it in like 4-5 hours for the front

 

P.S. I did not want to post on this thread until the group buy was over. I thought it would be kind of a jerk move to have another vendor posting during an active buy through suspension specialties.

 

Glad I have a lift in my garage!!! but my spindles won't be here until monday

 

that must be nice. lift shouldnt take that long at all. Just make sure you hit the brake lines with wd40