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Re: [T3] Ball Joints


<x-charset iso-8859-1>By 69 they were pretty good. Bottoms last about 180K  and tops indefinately.
and of course it depends on your driving, smooth highways are easy, off
roading is hard.

Keith

> ?? My '69 has (I'm pretty sure) its original ball joints, and they are
just
> fine.  They have plastic plugs for the zerk fittings.  Maybe they
sometimes
> didn't last because people greased them too frequently or over-greased
them,
> causing the boots to split. I'm doing everything I can to keep my original
> ball joints happy.  I don't think I'll find OEM quality for $20ea!  When I
> re-did the ball joints on my old '70, the new joints (Cofap, $25ea I
think)
> did not feel as stiff as the originals when I wiggled the stems on the
> bench.
>


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