<VV> Lower ball joint play

Doug Mackintosh dougmackintosh at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 21 10:17:56 EDT 2009


Need some technical advice on ball joints. When I checked the lower ball joint play (1964 Monza) the left joint has 0.040" movement (well within spec of "less than 0.090") but the right joint has zero play. This is the check per the manual of the difference between supporting at the end of the lower arm versus supported at the tire. I removed the grease fitting and cleaned out the hole and inspected for debris, but everything looks good (just see the metal ball surface). Everything seems to move OK, and when I grease it it accepts grease normally.
 
While the 0 play is "within spec", I never measured one that came out to zero. It does not appear to be a new joint. Is this normal? If not, what would cause it to measure that way?
 
Thanks!

-- Doug Mackintosh
Corsa member since 1996
Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on


      


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