Lower ball joints

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  1. blugene

    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    Curious

    Your radius rods, are they sticking out at the front? Actualy, what i'm wondering, is if there tight enough.
     
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    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Gene...I agree with you but...What I wrote is ver-batum from the 72 ford maverick ford factory chassis manual.Soo... thats all I got to say about that. :huh:
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    "Radius rods"... Wassat? Are these what they also call "strut rods," the things up front with the massive rubber bushings? They seem tight, but how tight should they be?
     
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    Ok, I just thought I was wrong again :rofl2:
    Yea, same thing. It is actualy a strut rod, my bad. It doesn't specify in the book I have how tight, it just says to tighten after adjustment. I once had one that wasn't tight at all and it made noise and caused unstable steering. Was really bad hitting the brake tho. I tightened mine to where it looked like the bushings were squishing out slightly, kinda like shock bushings should be done.
     
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    Yeah, those are probably ok then. My steering and alignment are good, doesn't pull when I brake...
     
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    Hmmm...well... hard to help when the ears listening can't hear it. Good luck :)
     
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    Yeah I know man... Every other problem I've ever had with this car was just a matter of searching the MMB or asking the right question. That's what is so frustrating about this. Short of lining all you guys up and going for a ride around the block I really don't know how to describe what's happening.

    Here's another puzzle piece though - I'm getting a sound from that side occasionally that sounds just like brake pad rattle, but I know for a fact it's not brake pad rattle.
     
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    Center caps?
     
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    i know this in an old post but ball joint interchange, i know because i just buy upper and bolted in my lower. but my mav its a mexican mav so i don know if this its correct..here in mexico we do it that way we just replace the lower ball joint and put some prothane bushings thats last a long even on mexican roads that are pretty harsh
     

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