Flipped Ball Joints?
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Flipped Ball Joints?
After reding the comments on this guys youtube vid... im wondering if anyone has done this..he said he got a 4in drop. think its safe?
YouTube - '95 F150 306ci idling 3-12-07
YouTube - '95 F150 306ci idling 3-12-07
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Is it even possible to flip them on these gen trucks? Been a few years since I had a TIB front suspension completely apart. Even if it is I would never do it.
Sometimes its better to spend the money and do it the right way. Suspension is one of those times..
Sometimes its better to spend the money and do it the right way. Suspension is one of those times..
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haha im thinkin the same thing! but was hoping someone had done it on here to change my mind... o well guess i will drop doe on the dream beams when i get the money
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i think he had different spindles and the ball joints mounted to the spindles ! there is more to it than what he said , you cant just flip those ball joints and that truck did not looked rigged together !
http://www.lowriders.ca/product-p/djm3000-35ns.htm
http://www.lowriders.ca/product-p/djm3000-35ns.htm
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i could be wrong, given the time at whatnot, but if its like my TTB you might actually be able to do it... BUT the weight of the truck would be pulling the spindle away from the arm instead of pushing them together, and i'd imagine the way they're pressed in wouldn't hold for long.
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Exactly. ^^^^
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i could be wrong, given the time at whatnot, but if its like my TTB you might actually be able to do it... BUT the weight of the truck would be pulling the spindle away from the arm instead of pushing them together, and i'd imagine the way they're pressed in wouldn't hold for long.
if that be the case it would be a time bomb waiting to kill some one !
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he said in the youtube comments that he did not use drop I beams... which really got me wondering what the fudge this guy did
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