

| Subject: | Re: Ball joint observation 2WD |
| From: | Eric Pruitt |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Sep 2021 13:32:38 -0400 |
Are you satisfied with the Febi lowers? On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:57 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > So doing a front end. Using the Febi lower and Lemforder (China) uppers, > the fit was as expected. The joints fit and had the necessary articulation. > I did have to fight with the supplied snap rings. But note the with the > suspension extended the upper ball joint did not fully seat in the control > arm unless the lower arm is lifted. This is using a Gabriel 69861 shock. > For using this shock, the stem is not fully threaqed. A 10mm washer needs > to added to get the top washer to clamp on the shock tower spacer bushing. > The GoWesty ball joint spacer fixed the ball joint spacing perfectly. > > Also, this is a new JP upper control arm installed with the Nolathane > (Whiteline) bushings. Even after replacing the eccentric washers with 4mm > there was still play for the arm to move front-rear. As I've done I the > past I added shims to the bushing shoulders to take this up, 3mm total. > Works nicely now. > > https://1drv.ms/a/s!AqaEiIhKCAKbkf8pBepkKcVxaXSwig > > Dennis >
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