I agree jonmark - nowhere do they say that, though, and the instructions are for removal and replacement. They do mention not wanting to damage the socket, tho...
And, no, the pickle fork (see from the picture above) is not big enough to go around the bottom of the tapered shaft without damaging the pickle fork. They must have a wider version for situations like this.
At any rate, I did get the drivers side done today, and it turns out the passenger side also needs to be done. I pulled it all apart and took the 10 lb. sledge to it, and it too gave up the fight. I'm running it in to the machine shop for the ball joint actual install - no sense going through all the effort of trying to press these things out & the new ones back in risking damaging the new ones. I already had the drivers side done today and it was worth the $15@, believe me.
So, as I said, all's well that ends well.
Thanks again!
Joe
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