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Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
Does anyone have a good reason why someone welded the lower ball joint into my lower control arm? Im new to c-10 trucks so is this the correct process to install a ball joint?
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
Absolutely not right, perhaps they used the wrong ball joints and "made them work"
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
the few trucks I have worked on, the lower is pressed in, upper has bolts. My guess is the hole was messed up so it would not hold a press fit with the outside snap ring installed so he welded it in. Only way I know to correct it is to replace the lower a arm. Thats my .02.
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
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Looks like it is spot welded, probably in two places. I would split the welds carefully with a cutoff tool, remove the ball joint and see what you have. LockDoc
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
That's a long enough bead that I would think that the grease got cooked. Adding more grease wouldn't get rid of the coked up stuff. If that LCA was mine, I'd replace it.
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
The bj will not fall out. The coil spring pulls upward on the bj keeping it in place. The stitch of weld is just insurance. While this is not the prescribed method of bj retainment it does suffice to keep that lca in use. You could remove the bj and place some spot welds around the inside of the hole to tighten it and press a new bj in place if you want.
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
I have seen this done many times.I holeis just not holding the pressed in ball joint tight.If there is no play in it i would leave it alone and keep it greased as normal.
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Re: Why is my lower ball joint welded in the lca
I see nothing wrong with this. While I do agree that that weld is a bit on the long side and may have put a bit too much heat into the ball-joint, it's just insurance to make sure that the joint doesn't bobble around. Yes, the spring pulls up on the ball joint keeping it in place, but if the ball-joint isn't tight into the a-arm, when you go over a bump, the ball-joint will slide up about 1/4" until the control arm hits the spindle.
If the ball-joint is good and tight, I'd say it's fine to run like that.
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