A hand tool for removing and inserting ball and socket joint assemblies from Volkswagen vehicle front suspension arms without removal of these arms from the vehicle comprising: a side windowed tubular arbor press barrel having an annular suspension arm engaging mandrel at one end and a tapped head at the other end for a drive screw, which drive screw has a wrench engaging head at its outer end and a thrust bearing at its inner end that engages selectively any one of three separate mandrels - one for extraction of the joint assemblies, and the other two for the insertion of the joint assemblies in the upper arm assembly and lower arm assembly, respectively. Each of these mandrels comprises a cylindrical member having a boss at one end which seats on the thrust bearing and a rim at the other end for engagement with the peripheral edge of the different joint assemblies, and a hollow center inside the rim for receiving the projecting parts of the joint assemblies.
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