4x4 front ball joint/suspension rebuild write-up?
12-13-2010, 01:49 PM
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4x4 front ball joint/suspension rebuild write-up?
Anyone have a link to a good one? I have what sounds like a balljoint that needs to be replaced.
12-13-2010, 02:14 PM
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our trucks have king pins in place of ball joints. is that what your referring to? if so i used this for guidance when i did mine. got all the parts from 4wdfactory.com
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...pin/index.html
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...pin/index.html
12-13-2010, 04:37 PM
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Moog makes a lower king pin that is adjustable. Specialty Auto makes an eccentric cup for the upper. It gives you a lot of camber and caster adjustment.
12-13-2010, 05:58 PM
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An adjustable kingpin would be nice, on my 1990 4x4 truck (and I've seen others) the wheels are wider on bottom then on top like this even with brand new king pin bushings:
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It would be nice to be able to ajust out some of that camber
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It would be nice to be able to ajust out some of that camber
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