"C. E. White" <cewhite3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Unfortunately ball joints are one of those things that shops like to
sell.
> It is a straight forward, low skill, high profit job. And it is easy to
> setup a demonstartion that will convince a Customer that he needs new
ball
> joints, even if they aren't actually out of spec. Take a look at
>
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/PDFs/Moog_Ball_joint_spec_chart.pdf
> or http://tinyurl.com/29moao.
A lot of shops use the wrong procedure for
> checking Ford ball joints. In some cases I think this is just a lack of
> knowledge, and in other caes they do it wrong on purpose in order to
> convince you to pay for ball joints you don't need. Almost all Fords are
> the same - don't check for axial movement, radial movement must be less
> than 0.031.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed White
Excellent .pdf Ed. Thanks. It says for my year Explorer(1998) that only
radial movement is measured, NOT axial. Seems like a mechanic placing a
bar
under the tire isn' going to give the propper indications.
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