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    #31
    Doesn't sound too bad as long as all is well!


    "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

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      #32
      no it doesn't but im going back to acdelco, maker of the lower control arm/ball joint and going tell them a thing or two!

      In addition, these guys better not charge me for another freaking alignment
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        #33
        IIRC weren't you missing one of the ball joint nuts? Are you sure the nut you got was right?

        Nuts don't just fall off balljoints for no reason. Either it wasn't torqued properly, was the wrong nut, or the balljoint threads/nut threads were defective (which I doubt)
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          #34
          I made sure it was torqued properly with a wrench, than I installed a cotter pin
          "To Find yourself, you must first lose yourself"

          -1973 Volkswagen Bus Westy
          -1986 Honda Magna 700cc
          -1989 Lincoln Town car Signature Series
          -2011 Subaru Outback

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            #35
            If the nut wasn't right though, it may not have engaged fully. The cotter pin is only there to keep the nut from rotating. If the nut didn't have full thread engagement, it could have just pulled through and the soft steel of the cotter pin wouldn't have done much to stop it. Something just wasn't right there, whatever it happened to have been.
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              #36
              I find it hard to believe that someone could get to that high a torque (assuming it was torqued properly) while having insufficient thread engagement to such a degree as to allow the ball joint stud to pull through, but I'm no expert.

              Did you get the old ball joint back from the shop that fixed it? It's a good practice to always ask for the old parts back.

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                #37
                Bob!.........Kings County is outer space
                Originally posted by miamibob View Post
                And usually the steering wheel is not straight (even though they just need to use the steering wheel holder that rests on the seat)! Many times I have told the mechanic that and they look at me like I'm from outer space.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Toploader View Post
                  Bob!.........Kings County is outer space
                  As Robin Williams used to say, "Nanu, Nanu"!


                  "Hope and dignity are two things NO ONE can take away from you - you have to relinquish them on your own" Miamibob

                  "NEVER trade your passion for glory"!! Sal "the Bard" (Dear Old Dad!)

                  "Cars are for driving - PERIOD! I DON'T TEXT, TWEET OR TWERK!!!!"

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                    #39
                    I fear re-inventing the wheel............back in 2002 I had the Tudor out in Indiana, the Ford dealer did an alignment, that was 20K miles ago, and I have not touched the front end since..........the car does not pull or wandor, the old tires dry rotted off the car, but had fairly even wear across the face, so I leave sleeping dogs lay

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                      #40
                      Yea, and he also saw little green men in his room.........
                      Originally posted by miamibob View Post
                      As Robin Williams used to say, "Nanu, Nanu"!

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                        #41
                        NO this control arm was ok (well I had the correct nut for this side, (not the passenger side).

                        It was great, torqued down right and everything. The passenger side didn't have the nut at all. I had to go all over town to find that nut, but ended up getting a raybestos control arm (instead of the ACdelco)
                        "To Find yourself, you must first lose yourself"

                        -1973 Volkswagen Bus Westy
                        -1986 Honda Magna 700cc
                        -1989 Lincoln Town car Signature Series
                        -2011 Subaru Outback

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