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Offset ball joint
Took the 01 GC, with 90,000 miles, to a local garage for an alignment
and there was a small problem correcting the camber reading. The mechanic recommended that I eventually might want to consider install an offset ball joint permitting a more correct adjustment of the camber. The quote I got was $500 for the job. Anyone here have experience with the offset ball joint or had one installed? Larry |
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Larry > wrote:
> Took the 01 GC, with 90,000 miles, to a local garage for an alignment > and there was a small problem correcting the camber reading. The > mechanic recommended that I eventually might want to consider install > an offset ball joint permitting a more correct adjustment of the > camber. > The quote I got was $500 for the job. > Anyone here have experience with the offset ball joint or had one > installed? Looked at it. I thought there was a TSB on that as well. For the most part, it's a Jeep, a few /16 one way or the other isn't gonna make it a Ferrari. Double check the dealership and build book to make sure the spec is correct, i had an issue with th 93 where the spec from the alignment shop was not the same as the recommended. |
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On Sep 15, 2:03*pm, DougW > wrote:
> Larry > wrote: > > Took the 01 GC, with 90,000 miles, to a local garage for an > alignment > > and there was a small problem correcting the camber reading. The > > mechanic recommended that I eventually might want to consider > install > > an offset ball joint permitting a more correct adjustment of the > > camber. > > The quote I got was $500 for the job. > > Anyone here have experience with the offset ball joint or had one > > installed? > > Looked at it. *I thought there was a TSB on that as well. *For the > most part, it's a Jeep, a few /16 one way or the other isn't gonna > make it a Ferrari. > > Double check the dealership and build book to make sure the spec is > correct, i had an issue with th 93 where the spec from the alignment > shop was not the same as the recommended. Here are specs they gave me in the form of a colored chart with the before and after. The bottom specs are the after. LF camber -02 degrees caster 5.9 degrees toe .10 degrees RF camber -0.8 degrees caster 5.9 degrees toe 0.09 degrees At 90,000 I am 10,000 into my third set of tires. Guess I can wait and see how these tires hold up but I already have a little visibly excessive wear on the RF tire when the tire had only had 5,000 miles on it. I moved that one to the rear. as you can see the "problem" is with the RF camber. Does that look like a problem? |
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Larry > wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2:03?pm, DougW > wrote: > > Larry > wrote: > > > Took the 01 GC, with 90,000 miles, to a local garage for an > > alignment > > > and there was a small problem correcting the camber reading. The > > > mechanic recommended that I eventually might want to consider > > install > > > an offset ball joint permitting a more correct adjustment of the > > > camber. > > > The quote I got was $500 for the job. > > > Anyone here have experience with the offset ball joint or had one > > > installed? > > > > Looked at it. ?I thought there was a TSB on that as well. ?For the > > most part, it's a Jeep, a few /16 one way or the other isn't gonna > > make it a Ferrari. > > > > Double check the dealership and build book to make sure the spec is > > correct, i had an issue with th 93 where the spec from the alignment > > shop was not the same as the recommended. > Here are specs they gave me in the form of a colored chart with the > before and after. The bottom specs are the after. > LF > camber -02 degrees > caster 5.9 degrees > toe .10 degrees > RF > camber -0.8 degrees > caster 5.9 degrees > toe 0.09 degrees > At 90,000 I am 10,000 into my third set of tires. Guess I can wait > and see how these tires hold up but I already have a little visibly > excessive wear on the RF tire when the tire had only had 5,000 miles > on it. I moved that one to the rear. > as you can see the "problem" is with the RF camber. Does that look > like a problem? Sure that's not a bad balljoint? Those numbers sure don't look right. |
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On Sep 16, 2:59*am, DougW > wrote:
> Larry > wrote: > > On Sep 15, 2:03?pm, DougW > wrote: > > > Larry > wrote: > > > > Took the 01 GC, with 90,000 miles, to a local garage for an > > > alignment > > > > and there was a small problem correcting the camber reading. The > > > > mechanic recommended that I eventually might want to consider > > > install > > > > an offset ball joint permitting a more correct adjustment of the > > > > camber. > > > > The quote I got was $500 for the job. > > > > Anyone here have experience with the offset ball joint or had > one > > > > installed? > > > > Looked at it. ?I thought there was a TSB on that as well. ?For the > > > most part, it's a Jeep, a few /16 one way or the other isn't gonna > > > make it a Ferrari. > > > > Double check the dealership and build book to make sure the spec > is > > > correct, i had an issue with th 93 where the spec from the > alignment > > > shop was not the same as the recommended. > > Here are specs they gave me in the form of a colored chart with the > > before and after. *The bottom specs are the after. > > LF > > camber -02 degrees > > caster * 5.9 degrees > > toe * * * .10 *degrees > > RF > > camber *-0.8 degrees > > caster * 5.9 degrees > > toe * * * 0.09 degrees > > At 90,000 I am 10,000 into my third set of tires. *Guess I can wait > > and see how these tires hold up but I already have a little visibly > > excessive wear on the RF tire when the tire had only had 5,000 miles > > on it. I moved that one to the rear. > > as you can see the "problem" is with the RF camber. *Does that look > > like a problem? > > Sure that's not a bad balljoint? > Those numbers sure don't look right. I thought he was suggesting replacing the ball joint but with an offset ball joint rather than a standard jeep ball joint. He wrote a note on the spec print out: "May need offset ball joint to fix camber on right front. But vehicle is pulling right so did not want to increase camber on RF. Will make pull worse." |
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