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Ball joints?

Tech Talk for Ford, Mazda, Daihatsu & Makes that currently dont have a home.

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Ball joints?

Post by Tzi »

I've been told i need some new ball joints, rather urgently. Quote was around the $600 mark... and i wondered if you guys had some prices, or knew where to get them cheap.
If i can get the parts, then i can get a friend to help me put them in.

Also, i heard something about mounting the ball joints under, instead of over (where they are supposed to be)... so you get mere front end flex before hitting the bump stops. Is this as easy as is sounds.. and is it a roadworthy issue?

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Post by RockyF75 »

WTH is a ball joint? :? is it an IFS thing??
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Post by Mudsierra »

yes its ifs thing
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Post by HotFourOk »

It's called a ball joint flip on other pages... You undo the ball joint bolts, and move the ball joint to be positioned underneath the arm, rather than on top of it. It moves the top arm upwards, so you can gain more downtravel. It's not a lot, but every bit helps.

By doing this, you gain in downtravel, the width of the arm and the width of the ball joint itself. You can see in the pic below he may have gained an inch or so... depends on type of car.

A lot of 4runners in the US use ball joint spacers and you can go any size you like. They install these between the arm and the ball joint to drop it even further down.
It just moves the top arm up out of the road, as hitting the top bumpstop is the first thing mainly to stop flex.

I'm thinkin of doing this along with some front diff spacers.. to get my CV angles back down.

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This is off an Isuzu forum... but same principal...
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Post by ferozamaniac »

Will this work on a FEROZA to gain some cm from ground?
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Post by Goatse.AJ »

Should do. I plan to have a bit of a play with mine soon. I'll post up pics and how to if and when I get around to it.
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Post by murcod »

Did you find any cheap ball joints Tzi?
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nup.... any help pplz? :cry:
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Post by Tzi »

I went into repco and found out some info... the guy didnt wanna tell me the price cos eve HE thought they were too much!!!
he said most cars are around the $20-$30 mark....

Ball Joint - Upper
43350-87680-000
$200 inc GST

Ball Joint - Lower
43330-87680-000
$190 inc GST

These dont appear to be repco part numbers... maybe daihatsu :?
Can ANYONE tell me a cheaper place to get these???
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Post by dai-hard »

i get my parts from COVENTRY AUTO PARTS. got some tie rod ends not that long ago.But when i got rear brake cylinders the left hand side was nearly twice as much. the only difference is the holes spacing.
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Post by murcod »

dai-hard wrote:But when i got rear brake cylinders the left hand side was nearly twice as much. the only difference is the holes spacing.
Doesn't the left side have an INLET and OUTLET (and the right side is fed off the outlet), whereas the right only has the single INLET? On mine that's how it's set up and could explain the price difference.
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Post by murcod »

http://www.oem-products.com/f/PAJA%20Ca ... ition1.pdf

They're listed there, but going by the price for the idler ($380 odd) I don't know what the prices will be!?
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