Ball joints, SKF, uniballs, etc...much better genuine rubber
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:40 am
Hi,
Just to let you know of my personal experience: if you plan to use ball joints (SKF, Timken ,you name it...) for steering, traction arms, etc...just don't do it...unless you have a Dakar official Team budget!!!
Its worn veeeery quickly...after one competition you have to change every single ball joint, uniball, etc...and each one cost about 100 euros (about 150 aussy dollars...)...and I used to have 11 SKF ball joints and 8 uniballs in my comp truck...
So, now I used genuine Nissan rubber bushes and works great! No ply bushes, no nothing...just rear trail arm bushes, front and rear.
so, don't do my mistakes!
Regards, Gabriel
Just to let you know of my personal experience: if you plan to use ball joints (SKF, Timken ,you name it...) for steering, traction arms, etc...just don't do it...unless you have a Dakar official Team budget!!!
Its worn veeeery quickly...after one competition you have to change every single ball joint, uniball, etc...and each one cost about 100 euros (about 150 aussy dollars...)...and I used to have 11 SKF ball joints and 8 uniballs in my comp truck...
So, now I used genuine Nissan rubber bushes and works great! No ply bushes, no nothing...just rear trail arm bushes, front and rear.
so, don't do my mistakes!
Regards, Gabriel