ball joints - phew

[Frank Ewald]

Since I've already got the parts in, I'll have to learn the hard way.  
Hopefully I'll have better success. I'll be out at the track on May 6  
so will get to push it hard then. If they fail, then I'll know to get  
the OEM replacements!
Thanks,
Frank

PS, sun was out, above freezing and so I got insurance back for the  
day and drove it out to the shop for an alignment. It was nice to  
have it out on the road again.


On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:20 AM, John A. Heer wrote:

> For better or worse, I feel like I am the expert in ball joints (watch
> the snide remarks, you buffoons). I went through at least 3 sets of
> ball joints in about a year at one stretch and replaced them several
> other times, too. As a result, I was finally persuaded that installing
> aftermarket ball joints into the stock control arms is a large waste
> of time and money. The sockets get too loose (not Henri de
> Toulouse-Lautrec) to handle any type of stress on the ball joints. If
> you do any kind of performance driving (i.e. autocross, track, etc.),
> then the new ball joints will go bad very quickly.
>
> The Moog ball joints are great parts, but with the loose socket in the
> LCA, they cannot withstand the forces. It's much better in the long
> run to just get new stock control arms with the stock ball joints
> already installed. They last a long time and are more than adequate.

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