MautoK
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| posted on 20/10/03 at 12:53 PM |
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Fitting lower balljoints
I'm about to fit the balljoints to the lower wishbones and not sure which fixings to use. The kit came with a huge selection of nuts & bolts
but none seems right.
The nearest I've found are 8mm button-head screws but they don't look right in the 3/8" / 10mm hole; but they are OK for length and
there's four of them.
These four screws bear the full static + dynamic weight of the front end so I'm looking for some reassurance that the generous clearance is OK -
or do I need to source more suitable alternatives myself. A colleague has suggested they should be 12.9 rated which makes sense.
Any advice? 
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JoelP
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| posted on 20/10/03 at 01:10 PM |
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are they maxi ball joints? i would say most definitely get them the right diameter and length, as you say u dont want it falling off! i dunno much
about tensile stuff but the more the merrier. my cortina ones came with the right bolts.
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nick205
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| posted on 20/10/03 at 01:51 PM |
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Mautok,
I have just fitted the lower ball joints to my Indy wishbones.
Don't know if they are in your kit (I got the basic kit), but I used 12.9 M10x30mm socket cap bolts and nylon self locking nuts with washers top
and bottom. This should leave 2-3 threads exposed after tightening the nuts.
HTH
Cheers
Nick
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RichyMkIndy
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| posted on 20/10/03 at 10:33 PM |
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the bolts with the kit only cover suspesion and wishbones i think.
me and greggors bought our fasteners
we bought the ball joint kit from MK
U2U greggors84 for sizes i cant remeber
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MautoK
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| posted on 21/10/03 at 12:25 PM |
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Thanks Nick.
I'll see whether the local screw-shop have any 
MautoK
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MautoK
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| posted on 24/10/03 at 12:41 PM |
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Proper job!! Sorted.
On to the front uprights...
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