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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
Hi I own a 97 f250 with a problem of a premature upper ball joint failure every 5000 KLM with outside tire feathering since new. The mechanics have not been able to solve this problem or could not bother to try. I need to replace the upper ball joint again an wonder other areas that I should be looking at to replace. Can u help me plse.
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
On 25/5/19 2:47 pm, Vannessa wrote:
> Hi I own a 97 f250 with a problem of a premature upper ball joint failure every 5000 KLM with outside tire feathering since new. The mechanics have not been able to solve this problem or could not bother to try. I need to replace the upper ball joint again an wonder other areas that I should be looking at to replace. Can u help me plse. > Replace everything between the front and rear bumpers. Preferably with a different brand of vehicle. That should resolve the issue. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
Thx for ur wonderful insight. With my research, some culperts can be... Wheel bearings, tie rods, bushings, an a bent strut. I see ur no better then the other mechanics I have gone to solve this problem. Thx again for ur time.. lol
Vannessa |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
On 26/5/19 2:59 am, Vannessa wrote:
> Thx for ur wonderful insight. With my research, some culperts can be... Wheel bearings, tie rods, bushings, an a bent strut. I see ur no better then the other mechanics I have gone to solve this problem. Thx again for ur time.. lol > Vannessa > Thanks for proving your post was just another troll post. FYI, the above causes are *not* responsible for repeated *ball joint failure*. Happy trolling. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
On 5/25/2019 5:45 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 26/5/19 2:59 am, Vannessa wrote: >> Thx for ur wonderful insight. With my research, some culperts can >> be... Wheel bearings, tie rods, bushings, an a bent strut. I see ur no >> better then the other mechanics I have gone to solve this problem. Thx >> again for ur time.. lol >> Vannessa >> > Thanks for proving your post was just another troll post. > > FYI, the above causes are *not* responsible for repeated *ball joint > failure*. > > Happy trolling. Of the two of you, you're the far more likely troll. |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
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Vannessa > wrote: >Thx for ur wonderful insight. With my research, some culperts can be... Wheel bearings, tie rods, bushings, an a bent strut. I see ur no better then the other mechanics I have gone to solve this problem. Thx again for ur time.. lol >Vannessa Go to an alignment shop. Not a tire shop. Not a chain store. Go to a place that ONLY does alignments and nothing else. They will likely cater mostly to the racing crowd. Have THEM check your suspension over. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
Go to an alignment shop. Not a tire shop. Not a chain store. Go to a place that ONLY does alignments and nothing else. They will likely cater mostly to the racing crowd. Have THEM check your suspension over. --scott Thx Scott I'm from a small town.. there is no specialized alignment shops. Just the tire shops and a chain store. I will try to find someone that knows his stuff at this last tire store I have not been to. Thank you for ur advise Scott. Vannessa |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
Vannessa wrote:
> > Go to an alignment shop. > Not a tire shop. > Not a chain store. > Go to a place that ONLY does alignments and nothing else. They will > likely cater mostly to the racing crowd. > Have THEM check your suspension over. > --scott > > Thx Scott > I'm from a small town.. there is no specialized alignment shops. Just the tire shops and a chain store. I will try to find someone that knows his stuff at this last tire store I have not been to. > Thank you for ur advise Scott. > Vannessa Is there a Ford dealer nearby that does repairs? Ford repair people are usually pretty good with Ford vehicle diagnosis and repair. |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
On 26/5/19 9:25 am, Heron wrote:
> On 5/25/2019 5:45 PM, Xeno wrote: >> On 26/5/19 2:59 am, Vannessa wrote: >>> Thx for ur wonderful insight. With my research, some culperts can >>> be... Wheel bearings, tie rods, bushings, an a bent strut. I see ur >>> no better then the other mechanics I have gone to solve this problem. >>> Thx again for ur time.. lol >>> Vannessa >>> >> Thanks for proving your post was just another troll post. >> >> FYI, the above causes are *not* responsible for repeated *ball joint >> failure*. >> >> Happy trolling. > > Of the two of you, you're the far more likely troll. Not at all. I've been a mechanic for 50+ years and the *question posed* has the ring of bull**** to it. A balljoint regularly only lasting 5,000 KLM is *abnormal* and should have been attended to when the vehicle was new and under warranty. Some Fords did have a prematurely worn out balljoints but that was at, IIRC, 50,000 Miles and it was on a car, not a truck. Who would put up with crap like that for *22 years* and not be invoking the lemon laws or similar? As for tyre feathering on the outside, that can be 100% normal depending on how and where the vehicle is driven. It's called camber scrub and occurs where the vehicle is subject to inner urban driving, lots of right angle corners and small roundabouts. Most commonly seen on vehicles with high SAI angles which is pretty much all FWD vehicles. Nothing you can do about it because it is a *built in* non-adjustable angle and provides stability and directionality at highways speeds. Look at the camber angles when the steering is on full lock and you'll get the drift. The vehicle is 22 years old if it's a 97 model. You can just keep throwing money at vehicles that old if you cannot do your own repairs. My advice on my first post on the topic is valid. You could take it to a dealer, they would be aware of any TSB on the issue, but expect to pay. If the post was genuine, I would suspect, on the ball joint issue, crappy aftermarket ball joints and/or poor fitting with the tyre feathering issue having nothing to do with it. I might also note that a lot of people do not know how to assess balljoints correctly. Each manufacturer has their own specifications and Ford, with the Falcons in particular, were quite generous with axial play on the load bearing joint, a quarter inch IIRC. Try to get anything approaching that through a roadworthy check. On the other hand, the non load bearing ball joint should have no play and, indeed, have friction. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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Premature failure of ball joints and tire feathering
Vannessa > wrote:
> >Thx Scott >I'm from a small town.. there is no specialized alignment shops. Just the tire shops and a chain store. I will try to find someone that knows his stuff at this last tire store I have not been to. No! No! Stay away from the tire stores! They hire some kid who knows how to take the numbers out of the alignment machine but has no understanding of the suspension geometry, The automated alignment machines make it possible for idiots to do alignments, and unfortunately many of them do. Find a nearby city, drive there. Do not ask at a tire place, ask at a racetrack. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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