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10-23-2003, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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A word about ball joints
Wow, I mean WOW. I don't know where the quality control has gone in the manufacture of ball joints. I just bought a replacement upper ball joint for the front end. I take it out of the package and find that the nut doesn't fit on the shaft AT ALL. Try to force it and the shaft just starts spinning. Well, I'm the kind of person who ALWAYS makes things fit. Good thing I have my tap/die set. The shaft/nut size should be 1/2" #20 NF (National Fine) if anyone is interested. So I did a quick run thru on both nut and shaft with a tap/die and everything is hunky dory. I ended up taking a bit of metal out of the nut to get it to fit the shaft properly. Its a darn good thing I checked it out before installing. So where is the quality control these days? I paid $110 Cdn for just one ball joint!
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1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first. Last edited by Southpa; 10-23-2003 at 07:48 PM. |
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