Ball Joint Press - Rental Tools

[gingerempire]

I'm about to have to replace my ball joints. Has anyone noted a quality difference between the ball joint press rental tools at Auto Zone, O'Reilly's, or Advance Auto? I assume they're all about equal, but I just wanted to see if anyone had any good or bad experiences between the major store offerings.

 

[Danuuc]

Is that something that Autozone would lend you?

 

[87FoRunner]

You’ll cuss your eyes out. Honestly for some reason, JK ball joints are the devil. I’ve done several sets and the best advice I can give is...


Weld your C-Gussets on 5 minutes before you set your press up, then heckle someone into borrowing their Snap on Ball Joint press. ($800). I’ve made it happen with the latest Harbor freight one ($60) but I had to cut down an adaptor to work.

 

[GaryG]

Fully inspect it before you leave the store. I rented one from O'Reilly's to do my Dodge Dana 60 and the sleeve I needed had been abused and wouldn't sit flat on the C. It worked but it could have been easier.