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Old 03-17-2013, 04:53 PM
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I went to install new ball joints today and I seem to have bent one of my lower ball joints... my question is it bent or did it just move? these are new alloy usa ball joints. any suggestion if I did bend it? Thanks.
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Old 03-17-2013, 05:13 PM
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bent the one you were trying to remove or the new one you were trying to install?
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the bottom ball joint should pivot hopefully you didn't bend the stud
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well one looks straight and the other was slanted so I assumed bent. how can I pivot it straight again?
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most likely bent the C not the ball joint if that is the case. Id check both either way thou
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Can you take a pic that would help out a lot more
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I would guess you just moved it, it would be extremely difficult to bend that thick of a stud. Remember the bottom bj does pivot, it will be tight since its brand new so just push it back to bolt on your hub assembly.
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