Nice. I was deciding between this one and the Air Cat 5250. Went with the air cat due to better modulation. However the internals of the Thor are sure to stand up to daily use with all steel construction.
@@TechnicianRed I worked at a chevy dealer years ago and the old 4wd front ends were nightmares, I remember our front end guy using a snap on air hammer (no such thing as big nasty) for hours on ball joints,he got a standing ovation when he was done
No it won't work. I have tried. It will just push the ball stud through the back end of the ball joint leaving you just the outer "race" (which is now hollow) in the housing.
What do you suggest in that case? That is the way mine come out. And that exact thing happened to me only with a balljoint press and not an air hammer. I had to cut the top of the ball joint off and then use the press to press out the race.
You can use the Thor to install a ball joint. But you need to support the outside of the joint. Use the cups in the Astro ball joint kit. That being said it’s somewhat like performing heart surgery with a jack hammer; you’re one step away from grabbing the c clamp and pressing it in. The beauty of being able to hammer a ball joint OUT is that often an impact on the c clamp isn’t enough.
