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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.



no, what I am saying is that the tool does not have a microprocessor driven
ball joint detector embedded in it - to use it to separate a ball joint in
the intended manner produces EXACTLY the same forces as using it to separate
anything else in the same manner. This is no different than using a 1/2
inch open end wrench that came in an automotive mechnaics tool kit on a bolt
that is on a swimming pool pump -

Perhaps you don't really understand how a ball joint separator is used.
Others have explained it. I am now no longer going to reply to this, I
quite frankly don't give a damn about your opinion, but it bothers me that
you might be misleading others who read this and have less knowlege.



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