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Old 12-05-2020, 08:42 PM   #11
Ian Curtis
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Default Re: Front End Rebuild Questions

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Originally Posted by Mister Moose View Post
Along these lines, how much wear is acceptable on the ball joints? Given they are all under spring tension, what difference does it make if it's ovaled a coupled hundreths, the spring maintains contact with the same force, and when it doesn't, you can tighten the end nut... so when is it too worn?
Yeah, I was wondering that too. Having experienced the death wobble clearly there is a bunch of play in the front end, but it isn’t obvious to me how a couple tenths in a few pivot points results in so much motion at the wheels! I’m guessing the play at the radius rods ends up being a big player in getting so much motion at the wheels?

And FWIW, all the books say replace for basically any wear.
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