OTC 6736 Large C-Frame and Forcing Screw Assembly

This is the larger C clamp you will need for the job of replacing your Ram 2500/3500 ball joints. A little heat, penetrating fluid and a sledge hammer will also make the job of getting the old ones out a lot quicker.

Job: Removing And Installing Upper Ball Joints in a 2000 Toyota Tundra 😑This job sucked. BUT I’m leaving this here to let people know the standard 6” standard C frame press found in kits Was NOT wide enough to fit all the adapters, receivers and ball joint to press out so after trip after trip and rental after rental from Oreilys we broke down and bought this! And thank god we did. Did the job in no time with more than enough room in the width! (As others have reviewed it does have a width of about 9”) I also purchased the OTC 6730 adapter kit and it worked PERFECT.It’s a big son of a B but if your reading this and were running into the same problem, just get it.*Also if you have a toyota truck and are having problems finding adapters we purchased the Asian Adapter kit and used a receiver from a master kit and it fit perfect*

I have the smaller 6in clamp that comes with most ball joint sets. It was about an 1" too small to get Dynatrac ball joints in an F250 after all the adapters that ar required. Doing the u-joints was very difficult with the smaller press as well. I bought this one for the other side. SOOOOO much easier. Ball joints and U-joints were on there for the last 13 yrs so yeah they were stuck. Snap-on MG725 ran out of gas. Put a Matco 3/4" impact on it and Bamm! - small cloud of smoke and a freed joint. The C-frame was undamaged. All these guys bending presses - probably need to be taking their time and whacking the joint with a hammer as the screw is turned to help break the rust bonds.

The tool is great, and priced competitively with other options of similar size.Too bad the matching adapter kit costs just as much as this tool itself!You really need that two-piece adapter kit to make full use of this tool, as the hole on one end of the tool is over-sized versus other tools, making the adapter piece for that end almost required.On the threaded press end, the smaller "anvil" almost requires the cone adapter piece (from the two-piece adapter kit) to be used, as most other adapter will not fit snugly.I cannot rate it higher than 3-stars, as this tool really requires the overpriced, matching two-piece adapter set.

I like this for the large frame size. It seems to be well made, but there's no indication of where it is made, and it looks exactly like my cheap Chinese clamp that bent after a few uses. The paint is globbed on, not what you would see on a quality tool. The threads were rough, but after several uses they have smoothed out. Machining looks about the same as my bent one. But, it has not deformed yet, so it gets 4 stars. We'll see what happens after a few 'sticky' ball joints.

This is a great C clamp with very large opening-much larger (maybe 9") compared to ones that come in kits (which maybe open to 6"). I used it with OTC 6730 C-Frame adapters, and then used the cups from Astro 7897 on the ball joints on my truck.PS: Make sure you find the small bolt that is loose in the box that is used in the circular part of the clamp to hold onto cup adapter. I almost threw it away--it fell out as the box was going in the trash.

this thing is overpriced, which is easy to say now that the job is done- before that, it's worth every penny. It made short work of the axle mounted panhard rod ball joint on my 09 Super Duty (pressing it in). my other press was ridiculed by both the axle and the ball joint. i saw them shudder in fear when i plopped that monstrous thing on the deck for them to see- and five minutes later the job was done... there is a certain peace in having the right tool for the job... and this one is it.

After failing to engineer an extension for the six inch bushing/ ball joint press I rented, I broke down and purchased this. I used it for the bushings on my full size truck LCAs and did them so easily I was mad I didn't buy it earlier. I also used it on the torsion bar and it worked like a charm (just watch for the muffler). OTC makes pretty good tools as far as I can tell, this is a truly heavy duty tool and won't warp, or break... or at least it hasn't yet. It's more likely your parts will break before it does.

Great tool solid

This C frame is perfect addition to my full kit from OTC

High versatile tool. Easy to take out the ball joints and replace bushings from control arms. Suitable product for my 2006 Dodge ram 2500 and 2006 super duty ford f250.

wery usefull high quality tool