Ball Joint Question

[ben]

hey bed767 so your saying the early wishbones are lighter guage metal? very interesting that is. thanks heaps for that:)

i had a wishbone fail on me months back and that would also be a contributing factor.
ben

[Warren]

Benny boy

I'd be more inclined to think the lowering of your van had more to do with your failure - with the lowering of a vehicle (by changing to shorter springs) means that the van will be hitting the bump stop more often (unless extreemely hevier springs are added) and tranfering all that force into an unmovable object rather than being absorbed by the spring.

Eventaully this "Hammering" will cause stress and fatigue at the weakest point, and it will fail. (which is what I think happend in your case).

Springs are wonderfull things

Warren


 

[Marishka]

haha i like that saying warren,
Springs are wonderfull things 
n i recon shocks rocks.

[bed767]

bed767 again   Having worked for T.R.W. in the press shop devision for 21years as a fitter, I can tell you 10 thou. of extra thickness of steel on a susspension arm is 20% stronger.

[crisis]

For some reason i think that the different ball joint size came out with each different sized stub axel but isnt limited to stay with that stub axel..

im pretty sure the only difference between them is the size of where the ball joint meets the wishbone.

but hugh is right about grease nipples thou:)

ben

[ben]

bed767 again   Having worked for T.R.W. in the press shop devision for 21years as a fitter, I can tell you 10 thou. of extra thickness of steel on a susspension arm is 20% stronger.

how many mills id 10 thou?

cheers
ben

[MaTTe]

To answer the initial question, it is the upper balljoint that is the same as the Torana, judging by the part numbers I have been quoted of late.

Ben,    10 thou = 0.254 millimetres