[T3] Old/new style balljoints

[Henrik Larsson <notchback@home.se>]

Jim Adney wrote:

> I THINK the tapered fit into the torsion arms didn't change, but that
> the cylindrical fit into the steering knuckles got bigger. I measured
> a pair of late ones and the uppers are 16mm, lowers are 18mm. What
> are yours?

When I dug deeper into the box with spare parts I found a fourth
balljoint. Now
I got 2 upper and 2 lower.

I measured mine and got the following results:

  Upper: Cylindrical = 16 mm, Tapered = 28-47 mm (+-1 mm)

  Lower: Cylindrical = 18 mm, Tapered = 28-50 mm (+-1 mm)

Is this the same as your balljoints? Then I might have the later ones,
which are
wrong for my car.

I looked in myqíE­p manual, which is a german 1962-1964 edition. It
says
nothing about the different styles of balljoints. This information is
probably
in the 1965- edition.

Henrik Larsson, Sweden
1964 1500S Notch (VIN 259190)





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