[Healeys] No Healey question- Ford ball joints

[David Nock]

Remember always when checking ball joints that you can not have the  
suspension hanging under tension. You need to take the weight on the  
lower control arm the there is no weight on the ball joint and then  
fell the play.




David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com

Please feel free to view an interview with the Nock's in 2009
	Enjoy	
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOTTRYkbQzs
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On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:24 AM, Tracy Drummond wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Same as F150s and 250s I believe.
>
> I replaced a pair last year.  About 75$ in parts and 2 hours per side.
> These are notoriously high wear for some reason.
>
> Tracy
>
> -----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 7:56 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?
> $12.75
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