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Old 02-19-2003, 12:17 PM
Enoch Enoch is offline
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Default Re: Upper ball joint rivets

Hey Hawaiian, nice to meet you first I need to ask you if the ball joints you have are nos. If they are not you wont be able to use the 1/4" rivets because the replacement ball joints have 2-4 slotted holes in them to make them easier to install. The slots exta space will not alow for a proper "squish" of the rivet causing 2 problemns. 1 a safety concern and 2 it looks like crap. If the are the slotted type you IMO use the 5/16" rivet. And to do this you will need to install the ball joint with the provided bolts into the control arm and remove 1 at a time and drill it out with a 5/16" drill bit. Be prepared to sacrifice at least 1 bit as the ball joint is hardend and even w/oil it, tends to kill the bit.
The original ball joints have the 1/4" hole in them and can use the 1/4" rivets.
If you are still interested in the rivets let me know and I'll be happy to send them out [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].
Also let me know if you plan to have them pressed in or heated with a tourch and installed because the prep for both parts is a little diffrent for tourch insalation.
The reason I posted this here and did not "PM" or e-mail you was incase other folks are interested and I would'nt have to type this more than once. Hope this helps.
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