Uniball tapered bolt stuck in spindle

Hello All,

I have 2.5 icon coilovers and icon tubular arms with uniballs on my rig. I decided after 4 years it was finally time to get my icon shocks services and uniballs replaced with delta joints. I have successfully removed everything except the tapered bolt that goes from the uniball to the spindle. I can't seem to get the driver side off. The nut came off no problem but I can't seem to get this dang bolt out of the spindle. I've tried everything I could think of.
Hitting the side of the spindle does nothing.
Hitting the spindle and the bottom of the tapered bolt at the same time does nothing.
Hitting just the bottom of the tapered bold does nothing.
I've sprayed some WD40 and some penetrant in there about 15 times over the last 5 days.
I've tried an air hammer, but still no luck.
I've also tried applying heat to the spindle using a blow torch and tried hamming the bold from the bottom but no luck as well.

I'm at a loss at this moment and have no idea why this tapered bold won't come out on the driver side. I really don't want to have to remove the spindle from my rig and I really don't want to drill out the bolt as I fear I might mess up the taper on the spindle. Any suggestion and guidance are very appreciated. Iv been trying to get this out for over 5 days now. Googling doesnt provide much help.


Thanks in advance.

 

Here is a pic.

 

Have you tried a ball joint press?
https://m.autozone.com/loan-a-tools...nd-u-joint-press-set-23-piece/449947_0_0?aqs=

 

I have not tried this, I'll check my autozone today to see if they have something like this to press it out. I'm also stoping by the local Toyota service center to get some parts so I'll ask them as well if they have any good ideas.

 

Autozone should have one in their tool rental program

 

Ball joint press. I used one to remove frame rivets.

 

Ball join press is the way to go.

 

Thanks everyone for all the responses. I grabbed a tool from autozone prior to seeing all the suggested tools. This is more of a puller but figured it would work in the same fashion as a press.
Unfortunately, this tool had no effect with the combination of hammering the spindle, this is a bad pic because after this slipped off I ground the bolt flat and placed a socket to act as a coupling and ensured the bolt and tool were lined up perfectly.
Sadly the damn thing still did not help after cranking the hell out of it. I got fed up and decided to move to the passenger side and install my shocks and arms and wait to check back with the forums today to see what everybody suggested. I will see if my local autozone has the correct tool and ill cut off the top wide part of the bolt and try again. I really have no idea why this thing is so jammed in here. The passenger side came off no problem with the normal wack of the spindle.

 

yeah that's to pull little things, like seized windshield wiper arms. you gonna need a big boy puller

 

I've used this before on my tie rod ends b/c those are also tapered.



I find using an impact makes a bigger difference as its less likely to come off of the spindle than using a ratchet or a wrench

 

Im going to autozone today to return the puller and look for a C clap style press. Wish me luck !

 

Hello All,

Thank you so much for all the suggestions, I went to Autozone and get the "Ball Join Press" rental. I chopped off the top of the bolt and a little part of the bottom then applied the press. It worked AMAZINGLY. The tapered bolt literally shot up into the fender after a few cranks. I highly advise anybody in this situation to go rent this. It cost me $153 USD to rent but as soon as i bring it back i get the $153 back..

Thanks everyone again for all the help. Im so happy i finally got my shocks and arms back in, it feels like a new rig!!!