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| FYI- 75 Dart blew a upper ball joint right out. https://slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59334 |
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:53 pm ] |
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Quote: Quote: Totally tubular to the max, dude...
Bodaciously gnarly, dude.Lou |
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| Author: | '67 Dart 270 [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | upper ball joint pops out... |
Many folks weld them in place after putting a new ball joint in. The "threads" supplied by the factory are pretty weak. When you remove the first (original) ball joint, all bets are off as to whether the threads are in decent shape to hold the new ball joint. Often you'll see metal slivers and such on the threads. So, people often just tack the new one in place with a few welds to make sure it doesn't unscrew. I imagine yours didn't pop out, but unscrewed. If you can screw it back in and it seems to be snug, with your socket and large leverage device, then tacking it in with a welder should be enough. Brian |
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| Author: | 75customdart [ Sat May 14, 2016 4:12 pm ] |
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Snap-on socket, 3/4 " drive impact and a few weld tacks and life will be good again. |
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| Author: | 75valiant [ Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:52 am ] |
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If you put a thin copper wire where the threads are, it'll be strong as new. Like a heli-coil. |
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