[Healeys] No Healey question- Ford ball joints

[David Porter]

Newer ball joints now have wear mark indicators so techs can easily spot
those in need of replacment. It is often a CYA response for shops to
"recommend" this service even if the only visible damage is external. A
recent grease job (if applicable) will often yield within limits results.
Ask the shop how they determined the "need".
dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bob Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 8:56 AM
To: Healeys
Subject: [Healeys] No Healey question- Ford ball joints

Does this sound reasonable? So I took my truck in to get a front end
alignment and inspection (in NC) at the same time. They did not do the
alignment because the lower ball joints were to worn to do an alignmnet.
New ball joints are almost $560 installed. But then, however, the ball
joints were not so worn that the truck did pass inspection. Really?

Bob Johnson
who obviously kept the Healey so I could work on it because I have a big
distrust for repair shops maybe?
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