Ball Joint Replacement
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Ball Joint Replacement
Hi All, I've got a 2000 F-250 Super Duty, 2WD, and I've been swapping out the ball joints as they were in pretty bad shape. Everything went smoothly except that when I went to replace the bolt for the top joint, I couldn't get the bolt all the way through. It only seemed to go about halfway. So I looked in the hole and saw that the shim seems to have moved upwards when I put it back together. What do I need to do to remedy this? Do I need to drop the whole knuckle off again or what? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot!
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Hi All, I've got a 2000 F-250 Super Duty, 2WD, and I've been swapping out the ball joints as they were in pretty bad shape. Everything went smoothly except that when I went to replace the bolt for the top joint, I couldn't get the bolt all the way through. It only seemed to go about halfway. So I looked in the hole and saw that the shim seems to have moved upwards when I put it back together. What do I need to do to remedy this? Do I need to drop the whole knuckle off again or what? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot!
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I've watched some videos and apparently it's a shim that adjusts the camber of the wheel. I'm just wondering if I can smack it back down with a hammer until I can get the bolt through, or is that going to muck up everything!
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