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1969SSCamaro
Mar 15, 2014Explorer
Yesterday was good and bad day as I had to remove/install one of the ball joints I had just replaced 3 weeks ago. I noticed that the left spring was not properly seated on the cross-member and removed the lower A arm to reposition the spring. That is when I noticed a gouge in the ball joint stud and realized it was a P30 van ball joint (Ugh). But, I was very very lucky the spring was not positioned properly as I never would have known until I destroyed the spindle. Anyway, another lesson learned; I should have inspected both new ball joints prior to installation. I would have noticed the difference in the taper. The parts store sold me two MOOG-K6129T, so I thought, but one was MOOG-K6129 (no "T" at the end). The spindle had a gouge as well, so I smoothed it out prior to installation. Today I will replace the master cylinder and hopefully have time for an initial test drive today or tomorrow.
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