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> does an unloaded balljoint need to be replaced?, want to disprove my friends pseudo logic
post Oct 1, 2009 - 12:53 AM
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enderswift



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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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- 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
- - 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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