William Noble wrote in article
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let's see here - to use a ball joint separator, you find one whose fork
is
about the right width, put it in place and hit it with a hammer. I took
a
ball joint separator, put it in a similar situation, though not a ball
joint
and hit it with a hammer - how is that abuse?



So, are you saying that it would not be tool abuse if you tried to remove a
pressed-on axle bearing as long as you simply hit the tool with a hammer?

When you pick your teeth with the tool, you are abusing it.