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David Henderson
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 05:38 pm, by:  David Henderson (Hendo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have a set of lower control arms that I bought so I could do a quick bush changeover, however the boots are split.

The joints themselves seem are clean and undamaged, though I don't have a small enough torque wrench to measure the turning torque. They have no play and rotate ok, one more easily than the other.

The manual explains:
"move joint side to side 5 times. Rotate the joint 5 times, measure the (turning) torque is 1-3.4 Nm on the 5th turn"

So my questions are:

Can I get new boots?
Is there a way of verifying a ball joint is ok without a torque wrench?
David Henderson
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 10:16 am, by:  David Henderson (Hendo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Help anyone? bump
Matthew Regan
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 10:44 am, by:  Matthew Regan (Mattregan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have a split boot when i did my lca bushes and i showed it to a toyota mechanic that does a lot of balljoints on mining vehicles and he told me to pack the boot full of grease then wrap the boot with some denso tape.It is very sticky horrible stuff but seems to work great keeps the grease in and dirt out
Brett Harrison
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 04:21 pm, by:  Brett Harrison (Bretto) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bursons, have the boots, I have posted this part number before. Perhaps do a search.
Matthew Regan
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 07:56 pm, by:  Matthew Regan (Mattregan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just put my control arms back in woo hoo what a difference the vft bushes make the ride is now awesome and denso tape worked perfectly no grease leaked out and nothing can get in all good
David Henderson
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 09:27 am, by:  David Henderson (Hendo) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sweet as, I tried a search and diddn't find anything- there's alot of stuff there! thanks for the help, i just did LCAs (branz) and the difference is amazing! it drives straight now! yay

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