taking a arms off

[mikes450r]

hey guys im changing my arms and i was wondering what the trick was to getting the arms off the brakes..thanks for the help...mike

[busch light]

I just take two hammers and smack both sides of the spindle so that it "shocks" the balljoint causing it to break loose

[bone705]

i have a small ball joint seperator. if your not carful it can put a hole in the boot but it works great.

[400exdad]

The hammer trick will work. Leave the castle nut on the ball joint (loosely) so you don't goob up the threads when you miss. :eek: I've never tried to use two hammers before, just one. Make the hits hard, sharp knocks.

[Fast350ex]

I had the same problem when removing the a-arms on my 300ex to paint them. I couldn't get the a-arms loose from the spindle, the hammer thing didn't work, but instead, i taped up the the brakes and stuff with some masking tape, it'll work till I get my Burgard +3+1 a-arms then I'll have to take it to a shop I guess to have them tapped out.

[schulte_85]

i use brass punch and a hammer and pound the bottom joint out where the top of the threads are first then the top, that works very good.

[redrunner]

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13490

[redrunner]

http://www.exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125315&highlight=balljoints


Then do a search.