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> Should I just go ahead and replace all the ball joints? or is it > common that one is bad but the others still have plenty of life? > In my experience a ball-joint usually goes bad because the boot is damaged and dirt gets in. With the extra high mileages common in the USA, it might bring life-time into play though. The manual shows how to check them - you need to make up a special lever to do it properly. Bentley has a picture, but not the measurements. You're just taking the pre-load off the torsion arms I think. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~