<VV> '60 style screw in ball joint

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

I have unknowingly pressed out screw in ball joints (and then screwed in 
their replacements - successfully).   I would assume, that with adequate 
force, one could reverse the operation and press them in, but now 
knowing they are screw in, that would seem to be the way to go.  Tool 
guys make sockets specifically to fit the screw in joints.  My lower 
ball joint press has always consisted of a concrete floor, a heavy duty 
jackstand, and a BFH,  applied with a good deal of elbow grease -- 
professionally it is the fastest way to do it, and 'time is money'.  
Learned my technique by watching a bosses sixteen year old son change 
lower ball joints and upper control arm bushings on full sized sixties 
era rigs in under an hour a side.

I would not recommend deliberately using the wrong ball joints nor the 
wrong installation or removal methods, but it might work.  As always, 
your mileage may vary ...

Godspeed!

Bill Strickland