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    Default Tips to separate bottom wishbone from steering knuckle?

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    Tried using a chisel to separate It don’t want to use the ball joint splitter done that on the other side and burst the boot.

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    A long screw driver/punch on top and hit it threw, or something to hit into the pinch gap to open it at bit, or wood on wishbone hit down with heavy hammer.

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    we used to use a massive pry bar, slides under the front of the subframe lays on top of the wishbone with lot of extra sticking out, then just used to stand on the end and they fall out...

    or as said chisel in the opening to make it a tad wider and maybe try to get a breaker bar in there for some leverage downwards
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