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Topic: squeaky ball joints
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todmeg
Gearhead Posts: 371
From: sayreville,nj
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-19-2002 07:42 PM
   
is there some way to grease my upper ball joints?
thanks guys------------------
scott
todds' dad(19fordmav72)
another Warsteiner lover. and warsteiner isn't all that expensive!
also.. you can run but you can't hide!
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69maverick
Moderator Posts: 1137
From: Thomaston,CT.
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-19-2002 10:31 PM
Hi Scott Ya there should be a grease fitting on it! P.S. Did you get my e-mail friday?
I just got home a few hours ago!!
And I just got on line ! ------------------
Jim B. 70 Maverick Grabber clone 302,c4 auto
Weld RODLITES,Holley 600,performer intake,comp cam,MSD ignition,2.5 " pipes Candy apple blue metal flake!
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1311
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-20-2002 12:06 AM
If you are hearing a squeak in the front suspension, its probably not the ball joints, which should have provisions for grease nipples. Its more likely the upper control arm shaft bushings are dry. The bushings are at either end of the shafts, 2 per side. They normally have plugs in them, which can be replaced with grease nipples,but it`s usually quite a chore to do this, due to a lack of room to work in. This is why you see so many Falcons`Fairlanes, & Mustangs etc with holes torched into the shock towers, to access these plugs  , :eek"------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
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69maverick
Moderator Posts: 1137
From: Thomaston,CT.
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-20-2002 11:13 AM
Hey Scott he's probably right!! There is a kit made to do this for about 15-20 bucks.
Autokrafters sells it! It comes with the fittings and a special tool to hold the fitting in place to tighten it up! but you need a real strange size small wrench to get the plug out! Then you won't need to cut holes in the shock towers!!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 37258
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-20-2002 09:03 PM
If you are lucky, you don't need the kit. On my '72 Mustang all I needed were 90 degree grease fittings. I had just enough room to screw them in. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
MCA Member # 47773 "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
- Voltaire
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69maverick
Moderator Posts: 1137
From: Thomaston,CT.
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-21-2002 09:06 AM
If his is like mine ! He's going to need it!!
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1311
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-21-2002 11:39 AM
Steve, I think that the 71-73 shock towers are a fair bit wider than the earlier cars, in that area.I remember on one of my 70 Mach 1`s that the 90 degree nipples would hit the inside of the shock towers when you tried starting them in the holes of the large nut at the end of the shaft. I remember having to grind the threaded part of the nipple to allow it to fit. Also, it seems that if you try to grease the upper bushings when they were new, the grease didn`t want to go in very easily, as the thread fit was very tight.One of the best things I did when I rebuilt the front suspension years ago, was to install the MOOG "problem solver" upper control arm bushing kit. This came with new shafts & rubber GM style bushings. No more squeaks or worries about greasing the upper bushings. Also, I had a set of Granada upper arms which came OE with rubber bushings, but I don`t know what years they were. Supposedly they are a bolt on swap.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 37258
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-21-2002 09:40 PM
Mine were a tight fit too. If I remember right, I had to wedge the zerk fitting in there pretty tight before I could get them started in the holes.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
MCA Member # 47773 "Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
- Voltaire
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