Did I ruin my Lower Ball Joint
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Did I ruin my Lower Ball Joint
Well I ordered the PST rebuild kit for my 99 SS. Got everything replaced and when I went to put the car back together I wasn't sure if I pressed in the Lower Ball Joints correctly. I believe the PST kit uses MOOG lower ball joints? So do you press the Ball joints back in with the boot attached or do you press in the ball joint and the put the boot on top of the lower control arm? It looked to me like I needed to press in it boot and all so when I ended up pressing it back out to see if that is the way it wentl I pressed it out using the stud and now that ball joint feels alot looser than the other? Did I ruin it by pressing it out by the stud? And are they pressed in boot and all or by itself and then put the boot on? I can take pics if need be.. Any advice?
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Kleeborp the Moderator™
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I just did AFCO lower ball joints, and I pressed them in boot and all. The boot was a smaller diameter than the splined part that goes in the a-arm, so it didn't make any difference on mine.
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
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I just did AFCO lower ball joints, and I pressed them in boot and all. The boot was a smaller diameter than the splined part that goes in the a-arm, so it didn't make any difference on mine.
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
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I just did AFCO lower ball joints, and I pressed them in boot and all. The boot was a smaller diameter than the splined part that goes in the a-arm, so it didn't make any difference on mine.
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
If you pressed it out by the stud, I dunno...is it now looser than it was before, or did you even know what it felt like before? I guess to better ask the question, are you comparing it only to the other side ball joint and not itself before you pressed it out?
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They only make the low friction ones for the bottom...you can only get regular ball joints for the uppers (I went with Moog for those). That might be part of the reason why I can't really tell anything.