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| Author: | wjajr [ Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Suspension parts testing Q |
I have steering knuckles off of my Dart so just a lower control arm with lower ball joint still attached. One of the ball joints has a ripped dust rubber, and puking grease. The joint rotates & moves rather freely, but I can’t feel any looseness while manhandling it in X or Y axis. Is there another way to determine if the joint should be changed, or should I just replace its dust cup? The dang things are made of gold or at the least; depleted uranium… at 64 bucks and up. Bill |
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| Author: | emsvitil [ Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:18 pm ] |
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What about the Z direction? Got an arbor press, see if it compresses. |
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| Author: | olafla [ Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:22 pm ] |
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Clean it good, replace the dust cap, fill up with grease and test drive. It can't be worse than it was before you noticed the rip! Olaf. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:27 pm ] |
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Yes, check for Z-axis play too, but it's probably fine and only needs dust seal. My 2 cents: $50 is what a good balljoint cost 15+ years ago, so I would call $64 too cheap these days for it to be any good. Nowadays, I am always looking for the most expensive maintenance parts I can find so they are not crap that will fall apart in 10k miles... Last balljoints I bought were Spicer professional (IIRC) for about $75 each from Just Suspension. Looked like a nice part. Last Moog ones I bought in 1999 only lasted 40k miles - pitiful. Lou |
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