Removing ball joints in turnbuckles

[ansi]

Howdy! I recently purchased some upper and lower links for my DBXL-e 2.0 from Vitavon and I plan on having them anodized a custom color. In order to do that though I need to strip the turnbuckles down and remove the ball joints so that it's just aluminum ends and they can be anodized. I am not sure how to do this and I can not seem to find anything on it anywhere? I feel like a pair of ball join pliers may work but I really don't know.

Any help would be appreciated! TIA.

 

[Rep732]

Hmm, me personally I think the balls are frozen or chilled to a significant degree and the rod ends are heated to get those balls in. If it was plastic sure no problem but I feel that your going to end up with a result here your going to regret

 

[spents]

your best bet would be to contact vitavon fella, only they will know if its possible to remove and refit the balls,
or whether its a one time deal fitting em,
as above, if you just go at it then i think you may regret it ,

 

[Lopes3d]

I normally just put a microfibre over the top and then some water pump pliers do the trick