 does an unloaded balljoint need to be replaced?, want to disprove my friends pseudo logic |
 Oct 1, 2009 - 12:53 AM
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hey everyone
heres the context, I took apart my drivers side wheel to remove a dust ring that was making alot of noise. While i was taking things apart, i had to seperate the lower balljoint from the lower control arm in order to slide the cv from the hub. My buddy says that once a ball joint has been unloaded, like mine, it has to be replaced. I completely ignored this, put things together, and went about my life for a few weeks.... until my car started to make a sound every time i would accelerate a little more agressively. It almost sounds like somethings is loose... i cant explain it through a post so im not going to try. Has anyone ever heard of this whole balljoint thing?? --------------------  |
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Oct 1, 2009 - 3:52 AM
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everything torqued down good?? i took apart my whole suspension 5 times already, replacing axles mainly, springs, shocks, crap like that and i havent done the balljoint. Both Herosblade and I did his car and no noises.
What I do whenever i do a job like that is assemble, tighten, drive around and tighten again. We didnt do that in Herosblades car yet because his car is so damn fresh and new 
-------------------- I don't normally drive fast, but when I do its on a curvy section of this island
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enderswift does an unloaded balljoint need to be replaced? Oct 1, 2009 - 12:53 AM
Tom_SS2 at which point did you remove it? from the wishbon... Oct 1, 2009 - 4:22 AM yellowchinaman Providing that you took the ball joint off without... Oct 1, 2009 - 8:29 AM enderswift thanks for the replies everybody
to answer some q... Oct 1, 2009 - 11:42 AM yellowchinaman so basically you didnt take the ball joint off but... Oct 1, 2009 - 2:20 PM enderswift the best way to describe it is as a light rapid kn... Oct 1, 2009 - 2:30 PM 808celica did you put wheel bearing grease before putting th... Oct 1, 2009 - 3:55 PM enderswift grease? never heard of having to do that.... pleas... Oct 1, 2009 - 4:42 PM azian_advanced the bearings should already have some grease but i... Oct 1, 2009 - 5:12 PM
808celica QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Oct 1, 2009 - 12... Oct 1, 2009 - 5:30 PM Tom_SS2 possibly CV joint knackered? how did it look? is t... Oct 1, 2009 - 6:36 PM enderswift cv joint is in fantastic shape. if it was the cv, ... Oct 1, 2009 - 6:52 PM Stambo QUOTE (808celica @ Oct 1, 2009 - 5:3... Oct 1, 2009 - 8:29 PM enderswift yes sir i had my buddy over today and we tried roc... Oct 1, 2009 - 9:55 PM 808celica well the reason i said wheel bearing grease is I w... Oct 1, 2009 - 10:27 PM enderswift mystery remains unsolved sir . good job on ur scre... Oct 1, 2009 - 10:35 PM yellowchinaman ok you shouldn't have to greese the drive shaf... Oct 2, 2009 - 4:37 AM enderswift no superslut for me. this is an st204 gt 5spd. whe... Oct 2, 2009 - 11:51 AM yellowchinaman TBH I have no idea what that is. If that was place... Oct 2, 2009 - 4:09 PM 808celica No................not really..................... Oct 3, 2009 - 3:28 AM enderswift thanks for the breakdown yellowchinaman,
if i was... Oct 3, 2009 - 12:06 PM enderswift So i was feeling alot better the other day and dec... Oct 12, 2009 - 12:12 PM yellowchinaman I knew it was your steering rods.
Splitting the jo... Oct 14, 2009 - 11:57 AM enderswift Yea you called it chinaman, but if you would have ... Oct 14, 2009 - 11:04 PM |
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