On a 1964 Dart GT, what size socket is used to remove upper ball joint?

Thanks Steven

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

Hi 64DartGT, here are some old threads on the subject:

http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=408189

http://www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48791

If you search for 'ball joint socket', you'll probably find many more!

Olaf

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Aspenized

Thanks Olaf! Searched but had trouble identifing socket size? From reading my car being a 1964 it has the small ball joint in the UCA, which means it takes a small ball joint socket to back it out?

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

Mopar used two Mopar upper ball joint specific sockets over the years. The larger size was for trucks, vans, and larger cars, the smaller size was for smaller cars. These are not cheap. The last one I bought was $25 for the single socket. Ask around local old-time shops or car enthusiasts. You may find someone with these odd large square sockets with rounded corners.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

Thanks Reed will do!

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

Get a 1 3/4 3/4 drive socket and grind out 4 points of the 12 and it will fit the ball joint.[/img]

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63 Plymouth Valiant Wagon

Thanks bcscheif!

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

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The big one is 2 1/8, the small one is 1 7/8. I am not sure rounding the corners off of a 12 point socket will get you where you need to go.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

I usually measure those ball joints with a very large pipe wrench...........

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

Thank you Reed! A picture is worth a thousand words? This picture will help many other members who want change out there ball joint, 1 7/8 is it!

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

Sandy is on the right track with the pipe wrench. It works fine for removal. However, I would like him to share how he measure the torque on the ball joint with the pipe wrench when he installs the new ones.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

That's funny Reed, you have a good idea for a new tool, torque pipe wrench to torque everything to spec.

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

The torque spec on the large/late A-body ball joint is 175+ ft/lbs "minimum"...a pipe wrench and a 6 ft pipe of pie on the handle and some good leverage should meet the minimum torque spec...

Definitely have to have a cheater bar on that one!

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

I don't think I have a pie pipe!

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2 Mopars come with Spark plug tubes. One is a world class, racing machine. The other is a 426 CI. boat anchor!

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