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Post by miksan on Sept 12, 2011 15:03:29 GMT -5
I am putting a new upper ball joint on and there is a gap between the ball joint and upper control arm so I e-mail them and
if you are meaning between the OD of the ball joint housing vs the ID of the hole in the upper control arm, keep in mind, on the uppers it is the four bolt flange that centers the ball joint in the arm - unlike the press fit of the lowers into their arm. A space or gap between the ball joint housing and the control arm is not going to cause any issues on an upper arm.
Is this right? Thanks Mike
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2011 17:53:55 GMT -5
From memory. I just drilled out the four rivets in the original ball joint
And bolted in the new ball joint. The bolts are sized for the holes so little movement.
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Post by miksan on Sept 12, 2011 19:44:14 GMT -5
Same here, but the originals were flush this might help.  |
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Post by 442scotty on Sept 13, 2011 6:53:21 GMT -5
wow..thats not gonna work! def not the right ones...
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Post by club442 on Sept 13, 2011 7:10:40 GMT -5
might be possible that the powder coating has built up around the hole and need cleaned up.
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Post by miksan on Sept 13, 2011 7:20:45 GMT -5
I give that a try tonight thanks Ron
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Post by miksan on Sept 14, 2011 15:17:53 GMT -5
Went out there last night and looked at the hole size of the control arm and at the outside of the rubber and there is no way its going to fit well these ball joints are going back. Thanks
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Post by mongoose on Sept 14, 2011 19:26:11 GMT -5
For what it's worth, the replacement ball joints I used, albeit 20 years ago, installed with no gap between the face of the joint and the control arm.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 8:39:33 GMT -5
Probably the part number, or the wrong part in the wrong box. Like the other guys have said, they should drop into place with very little if any force. Unlike the the lowers with a press fit.
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Post by miksan on Sept 18, 2011 10:42:42 GMT -5
Right like you said wrong part in the box. I have talked to them and sent pictures and measurements and then they agreed they had the wrong part in the box, boy they thought I was wrong oh well they are sending new boots at this time. Thanks
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Post by stan65cutlass on Sept 18, 2011 10:46:35 GMT -5
its great when theyre wrong, and they know it
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