 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 - 4:22 AM
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at which point did you remove it? from the wishbone (3 nuts/bolts) or at the actual joint (1 big nut)? if it was at the ball joint you may have damage the ball or socket when you separated the joint from the strut how did you separate it?
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enderswift does an unloaded balljoint need to be replaced? Oct 1, 2009 - 12:53 AM
808celica everything torqued down good?? i took apart my who... Oct 1, 2009 - 3:52 AM yellowchinaman Providing that you took the ball joint off without... Oct 1, 2009 - 8:29 AM enderswift thanks for the replies everybody
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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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