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Upper ball joint need help ASAP


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Jan 31, 2012
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Vehicle Year
1998
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Automatic
I decided to get rid of the squeaky ball joints on my 98 b4000 4x4. I got the lower on just fine because I'm no newbie at ball joints, but since the upper is I one piece a upper control arm and ball joint package, I CANNOT get the upper ball joint to slide back into the top of the spindle. I've been trying for the last couple of hours with no luck. Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? Also my drivers side upper is a one piece style and my passenger side upper is the two piece style, did they come like that from the factory? Any help is much appreciated as I am fighting with this thing now.
 
Get a pry bar, but it started just a hair, and then beat it in with a hammer.

And yes, the slider-looking doohickey on the one side is supposed to be there. I have no idea what purpose it serves.
 

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