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Cone washers! and Bizarre upper ball joint question

Mullaney

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Was attempting to do this and I just noticed that the u-joints don't have the 3/4 moon clips that everyone online says they should have. Does that mean I have the godawful plastic ones that you have to melt out? Any tips on doing that? I've never dealt with them before.
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I don't know what you've got - but the plastic retainers are generally beat out with a hammer. Then you just plug in the 3/4 clips into the (freshly cleaned) retainer groove.
 

HelluvaEngineer

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TM 9-2320-289-34 Section 6-12 page 6-78 is where the M1009 ball joints are discussed. Just use a ball joint puller on each of them. The uppers have an adjustment sleeve. I don’t remember a flange on the ball joints.
Thanks. I got past all of that. My top one had a flange. Who knows what someone installed? Trying to get these plastic u-joints apart now.
 

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I don't know what you've got - but the plastic retainers are generally beat out with a hammer. Then you just plug in the 3/4 clips into the (freshly cleaned) retainer groove.
So just get a chisel and attack the plastic? All the videos I'm seeing show people melting them with an oxy torch. Thanks.
 
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