I'm going to give the crickets a break and give an update FYI. I found that there is a special tool to do this job. I ended up making something close to what it looked like in the service manual. I took a pin close to the size of the rail and ground a slope on it to push the ball down and hold it. It can be done with a screw driver but what I did required less hands and aggravation.


Richard
42 Chevy pickup
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