Is there an DIY way to fit Kesher ball joints?

[VEEMAN]

Has any one tried to fit Kersher ball joints to the later track control arms with out the use of a mandrel press. If so what way did you attempt this and with what kind of tools, equipment setup did you use?
An thoughts on this.
Cheers
VEEMAN

[Michael Ghia]

In a word... No. I spent a long time and huge amounts of heat just getting the old ones out and getting the new Kerscher balljoints in was only made easy by using a press.
MG

[MattKab]

Mine took ~8500Kgforce to press in. That's about 19,000 pounds :eek:

I've found these 17mm ball joints elsewhere ;) I can only recommend the Kerscher 17mm B/J's tho' :laugh:

Matt

[VEEMAN]

Thanks for the replies. Took my Kerscher ball joints to my mates workshop and it took over 4 tons of pressure to press in.
Had no problems with removing the old ball joints, just wacked with a hammer and the flew out. They looked new but could not have been fitted correctly in the first place.
Any way sorted now, thanks once more.
Cheers
VEEMAN