Re: [Amc-list] Ball Joints Again - Long Fiber Grease

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

One more reason I don't treat my RM more agressively!
I tend to believe if it's old and not worn out the new crap likey won't be as good!
Hey, I'm so cheep when I parted out the rotted 68 4 door sedan with 43 K on it I noticed how darned pretty the wheel bearings were in it! Like new and Timken to boot.
  Yeah, you guessed it, I cleaned em up repacked them and put them in my new rotors.
6 years later, no noise, no play, no problems.
   I'm not sure new would have been any better.


--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Ronald Brown wrote:
> 
> > About a 1 1/2 years ago I replaced the ball joints on my 87 Eagle.  Recently
> > I've noticed that the front end seems sloppy, so I had it checked out with
> > my mechanic and it seems they are worn out already.  Is this just bad parts
> > or am I doing something wrong.   After reading the maintenance intervals
> > that were suggested in your column I guess it's possible that I did not lube
> > them enough, however the lower ones are permanent.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Sheesh! More crap parts! About the only things you can do wrong
> are not tighten bolts (that would be "amusing") or never grease
> it, you probably didn't do such foolishness.
> 
> Do you recall what brand they were? I forget the brand on my
> failure, but the part number was "FA630".
> 
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