Ball joints and your balls.

[Durandal25]

...ok, holy crap. Just used the ol' joint separator and darn near separated my nuts from my body. Rusty sucker needed a little heat to get it to shift...and bang! Shot apart and the separator ran for the border! Went right under my nuts and ended up shooting 20 feet across the garage.

Wrapping the next one with a towel.

hehe

 

[Ron H]

...ok, holy crap. Just used the ol' joint separator and darn near separated my nuts from my body. Rusty sucker needed a little heat to get it to shift...and bang! Shot apart and the separator ran for the border! Went right under my nuts and ended up shooting 20 feet across the garage.

Wrapping the next one with a towel.

hehe

Damn good thing it was a near miss! Was rebuilding my plow motor 2 weeks ago taking the cross-over valve out (some 15 parts in the bore). I peeked in the bore a few times as I was taking the parts out and just as I stood up...pop...the cage catapulted out with a force with some hydraulic oil. A second before...my bare eyeball was in direct path an inch from the bore. I took my glasses off to be able to see more clearly in the bore with a flashlight. That sucker left a mess on my sweatshirt my wife can't get out...another skanked shirt, but gave a thanks to whomever might be hearing, lol.

 

[440Coronet500]

That sounds about right, time and corrosion will lock em on there pretty good! 440'

 

[Durandal25]

Damn good thing it was a near miss! Was rebuilding my plow motor 2 weeks ago taking the cross-over valve out (some 15 parts in the bore). I peeked in the bore a few times as I was taking the parts out and just as I stood up...pop...the cage catapulted out with a force with some hydraulic oil. A second before...my bare eyeball was in direct path an inch from the bore. I took my glasses off to be able to see more clearly in the bore with a flashlight. That sucker left a mess on my sweatshirt my wife can't get out...another skanked shirt, but gave a thanks to whomever might be hearing, lol.

....man, god is telling us to be careful! No need to go through life nut-less and blind!

 

[Ron H]

....man, god is telling us to be careful! No need to go through life nut-less and blind!

Damn gotta say this is FUNNY - what's worse? Lose your balls or your sight? Oly chit!

 

[Ron H]

Well - OK- this is NOT funny...just saying there is some humor to be found when nobody is crippled or worse. In the work I used to do in particular...my not wearing glasses wasn't wise...never expected any pressure left as I took out the spring already. Must have been residual or stored pressure back in the valve block. No excuse, I was all lucky and zero smart here.

 

[F4R/T]

Almost got yourself a Darwin Award! Thank god you didn’t ... Geez!

 

[dadsbee]

Almost dropped a post set and cross beam on the Wife today.. I'd miss playing with those nuts!

 

[F4R/T]

Wonder if we can get a FBBO life insurance plan ? Lol

 

[towtruckAl]

rule no 1 you put very little pressure on pull with puller , after heating in proper spot then put the puller to work , works for me for 40 yrs , and never take saftey glasss off in shop except to clean , had this drilled in me as a apprentice, ps you will never get aa arc flash through saftey glasses