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| falcor75 |
 Apr 28 2016, 11:51 AM
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On my newly restored car I tried on my other wheels the other day and I noticed quite a bit of wiggle in the drivers side balljoint, the balljoints are new Lemforder ones bought from Pelican about a year and a half ago and I've only driven the car around the block twice so maybe a mile at the most.
https://youtu.be/1gPlFXrJoOQ Here's a clip of the wiggle....not sure what would cause this on a new part? |
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| anderssj |
Apr 28 2016, 12:01 PM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,664 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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QUOTE(falcor75 @ Apr 28 2016, 01:51 PM)  On my newly restored car I tried on my other wheels the other day and I noticed quite a bit of wiggle in the drivers side balljoint, the balljoints are new Lemforder ones bought from Pelican about a year and a half ago and I've only driven the car around the block twice so maybe a mile at the most. https://youtu.be/1gPlFXrJoOQ Here's a clip of the wiggle....not sure what would cause this on a new part? Given that it's a new ball joint, the problem could be the bottom of the strut . . . Is that an early pinch-bolt or later wedge-pin ball joint/strut? On my early car, the pinch-bolt on the strut wouldn't fully tighten on the shaft of the ball joint. Can't remember the fix--we may have ended up using a thin shim wrapped around ball joint shaft so the strut/pinch-bolt could get a better grip. Hope this helps. Steve A- |
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falcor75 Balljoint wiggle... Apr 28 2016, 11:51 AM
r_towle If it's early, many times the bottom of the st... Apr 28 2016, 12:45 PM falcor75 Yes the struts are '69 911 struts, with the pi... Apr 28 2016, 12:55 PM 914fahrer Hello,
I think this is an older Strut they have di... Apr 28 2016, 12:56 PM Mikey914 Definitely a different manufacturer, at least diff... Apr 28 2016, 05:37 PM ThePaintedMan It's difficult to see what the actual problem ... Apr 28 2016, 05:46 PM JamesM It looks like the strut housing is not tight on th... Apr 28 2016, 06:02 PM falcor75 I woke up at 3 am with creeping suspicion, just ch... Apr 28 2016, 10:36 PM 914fahrer Hello,
the correct Part number is 901-341-049-04 ... Apr 29 2016, 09:10 AM falcor75 I have no idea what chassis number the struts are ... Apr 29 2016, 09:49 AM falcor75 New early type balljoints installed, wiggle comple... May 4 2016, 11:25 AM mepstein :beer2: May 4 2016, 11:36 AM
914fahrer Fine that this works. :)
Ralf May 4 2016, 02:13 PM |
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