Not to mention the cups actually denting or deforming. I've had c frames bend to the point where you have to reposition the press a few times. I've had the recesses on the cups actually snap on me when pressing. I've used cheap ones, otc ones, and middle of the road ones. You see the Honda set would be nice to have if you did Hondas cause it has the big cutout on the adapter some adapters are somewhat specialized to make the job easier I usually just start taking adapters and putting them up to the vehicle remove ball joint, then hold the new one to the adapters and figure out what I will use That's why OTC has so many adapters i making these numbers up but a dodge ram may take a 54mm wide 200 mm deep receiver cup and a f250 might be 55 mm wide and 198 mm deep but the oems want it pretty exacting for the dealerships to have the best chance at a good repair with out collateral damage That is the lame mans short description but like I said above if you have done a lot of ball joints you probably know you can get it done with out the exacting diameter cup it may call for. If you have a cup that can push and a cup big enough to receive then there is not much more too it. Ball joint replacement is not as scientific as OTC makes you think. Hard to say unless there is some crazy configuration where you need a really special cup I don't see why the snap on wont work for most vehicles. Why does the OTC set have so many more adapters then the snap on set? Can the snap on set really do all vehicles with so few adapters? The OTC looks like it has adapters of specific size and shapes and angles for each vehicle?
SNAP ON BALL JOINT PRESS UPDATE
I see they have a honda update adapter set. Snap on says it can do 95% of all domestic vehicles, not sure about imports.
Everything I have read about the snap on ball joint press is nothing but good, "the best" press. Then looked at the snap on BJ press and they only have a handful of adapters, looks like 12-15 for 680 bucks. So essentially a grand for all the adapters for different makes/models! Seems like they have a ton of specific adapters for different vehicles. Also have a truck master kit for 552 bucks and a car master kit for 494. They have all sorts of "kits" of different adapters for different makes of vehicles. I went to tooltopia to look at OTC presses. The ball joint thread in FP the other day had me looking at ball joint presses.
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