 Replace Ball Joints, One of those "while I'm in there"?? |
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| vesnyder |
 Dec 5 2005, 04:21 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933  |
I am redoing some of the bushings on my front end and was wondering if I should do the ball joints while I have the car up? How can you tell if they are bad? Do they go bad (30 yr old car)?? What would you do?
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| Spoke |
Dec 6 2005, 12:14 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,158 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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You can check the ball joints by lifting a wheel and grabbing the wheel side-to-side then top-to-bottom and wiggling the wheel back and forth. You shouldn't feel any clunking (meaning that a ball joint or tie rod end is moving back and forth in its housing). You should just feel the movement in the steering and suspension. You need to keep in mind that the wheel bearings may have some play in them.
Its really hard to tell if the joints are good when the car is apart. Since you're having so much fun with the front end, perhaps you should have an extra $100 of fun and invest in the new ball joints. Do you know if the ball joints are original or have been changed. There's always the chance that they are relatively new. Spoke |
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