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10-10-2002, 02:23 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: reno, nv
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major bummer
well, i broke the driver side lower ball joint today. lucky i wasn't going down the hiway. i was in a parking garage. but they're 30 years old, so what do i expect. no one hurt. but it messed up my straight original sheet metal. any tips on replacing them? i'm going to do all four of them.
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10-10-2002, 04:21 AM
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Truck'n the alcan
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Houston, AK
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Sad to hear that. Would be a good time to replace the bushings.
Did a quick search for this link. http://www.performancesuspension.com...20Bushings.htm
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10-10-2002, 02:14 PM
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I feel your pain, man. I popped a lower pass side balljoint a few years ago. I was doing about 50mph on the highway when it happened. Kiss your straight fender and inner goodbye, not to mention the shredded tire....... It's a good thing that that semi had just gotten past me in the "slow" lane.
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10-10-2002, 02:37 PM
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That sucks. I've only done that once but I was in a much more accomodating place than a parking garage. I went over some rough railroad tracks on a dirt road in the panhandle of Texas. About 30 mph, plowed to a stop.
 Get (borrow) a ball joint press. It can be done without one but having a press makes it a piece of cake. Good luck. 
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