Ball joints / bushings press?

[George Hill]

Alex, I have a 20ton OTC press, but I do almost every bushing/ball joint with various cups and sockets attached to my Baum thrust rod bushing tool. I then added to that kit an air over hydraulic pump and it rocks, this setup makes quick work of most bushings/ball joints and even wheel bearings.

https://www.baumtools.com/shop/bmw-tools/bmw-front-axle-tools/b313000-upper-sub-frame-tension-strut-bushing-kit/

[TexaZ3]

Alex, I have a 20ton OTC press, but I do almost every bushing/ball joint with various cups and sockets attached to my Baum thrust rod bushing tool. I then added to that kit an air over hydraulic pump and it rocks, this setup makes quick work of most bushings/ball joints and even wheel bearings.

https://www.baumtools.com/shop/bmw-t...t-bushing-kit/

Interesting, thanks! Gonna go look at some other presses over the weekend.

[eacmen]

If anyone doesn't want to mess with a hydraulic press and all the fittings, PM me. For a decade or so I've been pre-pressing new OE rubber into good used housings for the forum folks...

I used to have a thread a mile long on M3forum.net until that got shut down. I still have some really long ones on e46f.

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...bushings-press

+1 for the_fly solid dude!

[D-O]

The 20 ton at Harbor Freight (not nearly as nice as an OTC press) is $249 right now. Not terrible.

D-O

[Slideways]

The 20 ton at Harbor Freight (not nearly as nice as an OTC press) is $249 right now. Not terrible.

D-O