Hm. Ok. This is a little more involved than I thought. I ask because Dave noticed an odd pattern wear on the driver's front tire. Handling isn't that bad but could be better. The question is what's the cause? Worn tie rod ends? Worn steering rack? Worn ball joint? Occasional symptom is a vibration in the steering wheel, which sometimes occurs after a hard braking. I originally thought it was a caliper dragging but it has happened once or twice without braking at all. The odd thing is, the vibration starts, then it just fades away for no apparent reason and all is well. The odd wear pattern and the vibration seem to be limited to the driver's side. Is it permissible to replace only one or do they have to be done in pairs? Rich --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote: > Ball joint press... yeah, that would work as well. I have one of those, > too, but forgot about it. Normally, I change the bushings when I change > ball joints, so I just do it on a press. > > A ball joint press kinda looks like a big C-clamp with adapters to fit > around the joint. On installing the new one, it needs to go in very snug. > If it's loose, Grady's sells a shim pair that will tighten up the fit. > > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:45 AM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Lower ball joint replacement > > > Autozone "rents" (pay a deposit, refunded when tools returned) both > pickle fork and ball joint press. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12crq74kb/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egro upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1069342003/A=1524963/R=0/*http://hits.411web.com /cgi-bin/autoredir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=388130621> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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