Has anyone successfully replaced a lca ball joint?
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Has anyone successfully replaced a lca ball joint?
I may just have a way to rebuild thes lca's here in the future but was wondering if anybody has done it ever with success?
My dad owns a machine shop and we think we may have found a way but won't know untill we dig further in to it here in a couple of weeks.
My dad owns a machine shop and we think we may have found a way but won't know untill we dig further in to it here in a couple of weeks.
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I did this back in the day for the 3kgt vr4 as those were the same "non serviceable" cont arms.
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lol man im an idiot... lol. yea but i heard all u can change is the bsuhings otherwise u need a new arm... what kingphilip said. anyhow now i get it. sorry for the stupid question.
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I have a set of used LCA's that I'm putting QA1 COM series 3/4" mono ball bearings into. You have to machine the bottom end of the arm to remove the material that encloses the OEM ball joint. Keep a vigilant eye open when doing it so you don't extend the cut into the ball joint housing or you'll end up punching right through when you go to press it out.
EDIT: If people here are interested I can take the extra time to document how I'm doing it.
EDIT: If people here are interested I can take the extra time to document how I'm doing it.
Last edited by atlsupdawg; 10-30-11 at 08:00 AM.
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I have a set of used LCA's that I'm putting QA1 COM series 3/4" mono ball bearings into. You have to machine the bottom end of the arm to remove the material that encloses the OEM ball joint. Keep a vigilant eye open when doing it so you don't extend the cut into the ball joint housing or you'll end up punching right through when you go to press it out.
EDIT: If people here are interested I can take the extra time to document how I'm doing it.
EDIT: If people here are interested I can take the extra time to document how I'm doing it.