balljoint replacement, fun!
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balljoint replacement, fun!
welp, im head over heels into doing my lower ball joints. this is a GREAT time.... i was so mad last night i threw the hammer at the truck and walked away. got the correct tool today and wam, it worked. now to put it back together and do the other side
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Are you having to replace the ball joints because the rubber boots have deteriorated & cracked open, like mine99 has????
Noticed them having some light surface cracks last summer, 7 years & about 50K miles then, now they're shot & completely crumbled up, about 57K 7 eight years old!!!!
The boots seem to be of very poor rubber quality, they look like some of that recycled rubber crap, that Ford makes their brake & clutch pedal covers out of.
My old 78 Merc Zypher boots & pedal covers are still sound, but then they were made out of the REAL stuff!!!! lol
Noticed them having some light surface cracks last summer, 7 years & about 50K miles then, now they're shot & completely crumbled up, about 57K 7 eight years old!!!!
The boots seem to be of very poor rubber quality, they look like some of that recycled rubber crap, that Ford makes their brake & clutch pedal covers out of.
My old 78 Merc Zypher boots & pedal covers are still sound, but then they were made out of the REAL stuff!!!! lol
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no, i beat my truck up and down country roads at 70mph, they wear out every 3-4 years. my tires were wearing uneven and i had a slight vibration so i did the joints again. new shocks all the way around. i would put balljoints as one of the tougher things ive ever done.
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