Canyon Man
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Hello all,
I just saw my life flash before my eyes. I am a pretty safe guy I'd like to think. I have my safety glasses, fire extinguisher, fire blanket.....So I was trying to get the lower ball joint out and not getting anywhere. So after 1/2 hour of getting nowhere I broke out the acetylene torch and heated the area around it till it was a nice faint cherry color, then all of a sudden KABOOOOM. I was thrown back and my ears ringing for at least 20 min. What had happened was the ball exploded out of the joint, blew a chunk of concrete out of my floor and landed 10 feet away. The only thing I can think of is that there may have been an airtight seal between the ball and socket and the residual grease steamed up and had nowhere to go so next, KABOOOM. In 30 years I have never had this happened.. anyone else hear of this ever
I just saw my life flash before my eyes. I am a pretty safe guy I'd like to think. I have my safety glasses, fire extinguisher, fire blanket.....So I was trying to get the lower ball joint out and not getting anywhere. So after 1/2 hour of getting nowhere I broke out the acetylene torch and heated the area around it till it was a nice faint cherry color, then all of a sudden KABOOOOM. I was thrown back and my ears ringing for at least 20 min. What had happened was the ball exploded out of the joint, blew a chunk of concrete out of my floor and landed 10 feet away. The only thing I can think of is that there may have been an airtight seal between the ball and socket and the residual grease steamed up and had nowhere to go so next, KABOOOM. In 30 years I have never had this happened.. anyone else hear of this ever