Anyone know how this work??

[jamesschimmel]

i am building up an older dana30 for my jeep. it has the whole vacuum disconnect set up. but i need to swap knuckles. i took of the two nuts that appear to be holding them on but they wouldn't come off:banghead:. so i guess there is a little more to it than that.
here are some pics to clarify. anyone have any suggestions.
is this something i could do my self or should it be done by a mechanic?
if you want more pics just let me know!:eyes:

 

[JeepFreak21]

BFH!

A pickle fork helps too.

Billy

 

[jamesschimmel]

ya i just ordered one online so hopefully it will come off easy! when i put on the other knuckel is there a special way to get it down tight or do i just bolt it on...

thanks for the help!

 

[JeepFreak21]

ya i just ordered one online so hopefully it will come off easy! when i put on the other knuckel is there a special way to get it down tight or do i just bolt it on...

thanks for the help!

Lucky for you, it's a D30 and the ball joints are up side down... you should be able to put the hubs, wheels, and tires back on and then lower the axle to put a little weight on the tires. That should create enough pressure to keep the ball joint from spinning. Then you can pull it back apart and put the shafts in (since you probably won't have room to put the nuts back on the ball joints with the shafts in place).

I'm kind of speculating though because I haven't done it on a D30 before

Good luck,
Billy