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1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
I am replacing my upper ball joints in my 72 c-10 my question is on the new replacement ball joints do the thin metal bracket that holds the rubber grease cup go on top next to the ball joint assembly on top or below the the ball joint housing above the steering knuckle. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
Also when heater is first turned on the heater blower fan squawls and screeches like its binding. Any ideas on this? Any body with any ideas on these two problems in this thread?
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
Drop the ball joint in from the top and the grease boot goes underneath the arm. Put the bolts through the whole mess to sandwich it together.
Drill a tiny hole in the blower motor and lube it. Do a search under my name and blower motor. I posted on here just a few weeks ago where I did this same thing and how to do it. It was likely under a "what did you get donw this weekend" thread.
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
what he said is good // but you might also want to remove the blower an fan wheel assy from the housing and take a shop vac and clean out 35 years of accumulated crap to give yourself a better air flow thru the system
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
That is freakin halarious
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
Yeah, i had a 70 I changed out the heater core on, cleaned it up, it sill blew out leaves and dust out of the defrost for somtime later.
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
As far as the blower motor goes, $18 or less and you have a new one and it blows twice as good as a the old one you have in your truck.
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
To all of those that replyed to this thread many thanks. I have just finished installing the upper ball joints and getting ready to attack the blower. I am new to the site and will be posting pictures on my 3rd generation 1972 chevy c-10 1/2 ton truck soon to all to see. Thanks again for all the help and this killer site.
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=187805 you mean this one tx?
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Re: 1972 c-10 1/2 ton upper ball joints help
That's the thread. Thanks for digging it up.
I can't argue that a new motor may be better, but I am doing this truck as cheap as possible. Plus, I live an hour from a parts store, so that's like over 10 bucks of fuel just to go get one.
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