A arms and Bushing sleeves

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A arms and Bushing sleeves

Reply #15 – August 07, 2007, 10:50:15 AM

I have yet to see a Fox splindle that was narrow enough at the ball joint boss for an SN-95 ball joint to work.

A arms and Bushing sleeves

Reply #16 – August 07, 2007, 09:22:15 PM

This is where I got the idea from. It worked on my car.
--->http://www.coolcats.net/tech/advanced/controlarms.html

A arms and Bushing sleeves

Reply #17 – August 07, 2007, 09:46:15 PM

i would double check the thread engagement on the balljoints....

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Reply #18 – August 07, 2007, 10:17:17 PM

Quote from: gumby;166949

i would double check the thread engagement on the balljoints....

What he said. Spindle/balljoint separation while driving will not be a pleasant experience.

I thought about drilling a hole through mine and securing it with a pin or safety wire. But since SN-95 brakes are sooo gosh darn cool I went with the whole SN-95 shabazz.

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Reply #19 – August 09, 2007, 11:18:16 PM

You are absolutely right. It wouldn't be any fun to have the ball joint separate. I did crawl under there and check the nuts and they are still tight. I will put it on my things to check when I do my periodic servicing for piece of mind.
Just a word of caution, please make sure that the ball joint nut does indeed tighten. Due to the nylon-locking nut it appears to tighten but then the taper shaft of the ball joint just spins. If the nut doesn't tighten down then it is not tight. It should tighten and be torqued to specification and not free turn. Stay safe!

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Reply #20 – August 10, 2007, 10:59:24 AM

From the other thread I started, I decided to ensure a couple of threads of the bolt is showing to ensure the locknut is locked...

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Reply #21 – August 10, 2007, 11:07:20 AM

So I have a question. What is the big deal with just changing out the ball joints? Not to detract from the work that Cougar5.0 is doing, but wouldn't it be easier to just have the SN95 joints pressed out and new Fox ones pressed in? Am I missing something here? Are the Fox ball joints inferior or will they not fit into the control arms properly or something?

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Reply #22 – August 10, 2007, 11:56:21 AM

They fit the arms just fine.

The SN-95 ball joints that come in the arms are the long-life, no service type and they would need to be replaced with the "std" type. However, I'm sure a high-quality version is available. It's just the added cost of 2 ball joints.
The ball joints that were in the old FMS replacement Fox arms had the same type of ball joints in them (Fox-correct though)

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Reply #23 – August 10, 2007, 12:12:40 PM

Yeah, I like the low-friction sealed ball-joints the M-3075-D arms came with. Between the cost of the new ball joints, the labor to press the old (new) joints out and replace them with perhaps inferior joints, it just seemed like it would be easier to machine the boss down a bit (once I figured out the angles that is :D ).

If I'm gonna have to add labor, I'd rather it be to the old spindles rather than the nice new arms that are already assembled and ready for action.

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Reply #24 – August 10, 2007, 12:34:46 PM

Off hand, (maybe I didn't see this) can't you switch the Fox and SN95 ball joints?

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Reply #25 – August 10, 2007, 02:18:53 PM

Are the replacement ball joints from Motorcraft not the same "low frction" BJs that come in the M-3075-A ?