RE: [DML] Next project.

["Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One question I have is why do your ball joints seem to need replacement so 
often?

-Joe Kuchan

>From: "Stephen Jaeger" <sjaeger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: [DML] Next project.
>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 20:27:28 -0700
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>I just completed the change out of my trailing arm bolts so now it's on to 
>my next project. Or actually it's back to my previous project. Last year I 
>changed the upper and lower ball joints on my car. Now, I noticed that the 
>rubber boot on the right side lower ball joint has split.
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>Taking the front suspension apart does not concern me since I did it once 
>already. The problem is that during the alignment last time, the lower ball 
>joints popped out of the control arms. The new ball joints did not come 
>with spring clips to hold them in like the old ones. A quick call to the 
>supplier confirmed this. He said I needed to install a shim around the ball 
>joint so that it wedges tightly into the control arm. The alignment shop 
>never heard of this. So I had the shop press them back in and tack weld 
>them in place (I read about that somewhere). Now, in order to replace the 
>ball joint this time I need to grind off the welds. I don't want to go 
>through this again, so my question is, what has others done to lock in the 
>ball joints into the control arms to prevent this from happening?
>
>Thanks
>Steve
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