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12-07-2007, 08:33 PM
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boots?
i need help getting 2 lower bj boots for my 80 c-10. i have brand new ball joints but the guy pressing them in tore both lower boots. now i cannot find new one without buying the ball joints as well. anyone have an extra set i would greatly appreciate help in finding them.
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12-10-2007, 12:24 PM
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Re: boots?
pretty please?
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12-10-2007, 06:29 PM
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Re: boots?
Go to any parts house that carries "HELP" brand parts. I got a pair a few years ago.
https://www.dormanproducts.com/docum...orman_help.htm |
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12-11-2007, 08:31 AM
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Re: boots?
A NAPA store may carry them too. They usually have more of that kind of thing than the mass market places.
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12-11-2007, 10:22 AM
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Re: boots?
By the way, the boots and pressing the ball joint into place have nothing to do with each other. The ball joint presses in from the bottom of the arm, but the boot sets atop the arm. It shouldn't be anywhere near the ball joint when pressing it in. Sounds like your guy on the press might have been confused about how this works.
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12-11-2007, 12:29 PM
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Re: boots?
thanks guys. ill check napa today. motion said they did not hav eany and was going to have to uy another bj to get one.
as for the confusion. the boot has writing on it that said install inboard. so i thik that is what he tried to do. boot in with bj = 2 torn bj boots. 
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12-11-2007, 01:40 PM
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Re: boots?
The ball joint is pressed in from the bottom. Then, you push the boot down over the top of the ball joint from the top of the arm.
The boot will be labeled with the inboard deal for a reason though. There will be a gap in the edge of the boot. It is installed inboard. The reason for this is that when you grease the ball joint, the grease will tend to go out of the gap in the boot. This, being located inboard, will vent the grease onto the top of the control arm and not outward onto the brake rotor. Put them in wrong and the grease might ooze out and drip onto the rotor. It's a safety thing.
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12-12-2007, 07:47 AM
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Re: boots?
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12-13-2007, 03:16 PM
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Re: boots?
thanks for the info guys. i went back to motion and showed my parts guy what happened and he was able to borrow some boots for me. SWEET! so i got the lower bj pressed in tonight and i am going to start working on the front end tonight.
thanks to all who lend a hand. steve |
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