jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Thats because the Factory Service Manuals were probably written to
>>service that ball joint as an entire control arm. I don't know if
>>Chrysler supplies the ball joints themselves now, or if they still
>>sell them as a full control arm. The OEM units were rivited to the
>>control arm - so there is no torque spec because there were no bolts
>>to tighten.
>
>
>
> Aha! That would explain why I didn't see any reference to removing
> the ball joint from the arm in the FSM. Hmmm, just a sec... (goes
> to FSM) Yep! In the ball joint diagnosis section, if the ball joint
> is out of spec, the FSM says to replace the entire suspension arm.
>
Aftermarket sells bolt in ball joints - requires taking some form of physical destructive
action against the OEM rivits.
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