[200q20v] Warped UFO's - not anymore!

[Bernie Benz]

You lost the thread.  We were talking ball joints, not sway bar bushings.

> From: Phil & Judy Rose <pjrose at frontiernet.net>
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 10:28:52 -0500
> To: Bernie Benz <b.m.benz at prodigy.net>
> Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [200q20v] Warped UFO's - not anymore!
> 
> So the sway bar (and its bushing) are sufficiently compliant that one
> should be able to feel joint movement using a prybar against the C/A
> --if the balljoint is loose?
> 
> At 12:56 AM -0800 2/1/01, Bernie Benz wrote:
>> Scott's ball joint check is probably the best, but inasmuch as the ball
>> joint is unloaded when the wheel is off the ground on a chassis jack, one
>> can get in there with a pry bar and check for loosness without disassembly.
>> 
>> Bernie
>> 
>>> From: Phil Rose <pjrose at frontiernet.net>
>>> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:59:12 -0500
>>> To: Bernie Benz <b.m.benz at prodigy.net>
>>> Cc: <QSHIPQ at aol.com>, 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [200q20v] Warped UFO's - not anymore!
>>> 
>>> At 4:37 PM -0500 1/31/01, Bernie Benz wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> I can share that the
>>>>> outer ball joints on Paul's car had about .250 play in them, in fact the
>>>>> inner bushings weren't really all that bad.  The play in the outer ball
>>>>> joints is what I believe gave the symptoms of warped rotors,
>>>>> when indeed it
>>>>> was the whole wheel and tire wobbling during braking.
>>>> This rings true with my old 5KTQ that my son has.  At 260K it is slowly
>>>> getting "loose" in the front end, but no brake symptoms.  Most likely those
>>>> ball joints, as everything else looks to be in good shape, SB bushings
>>>> having been replaced.
>>> 
>>> So--what's the best/easiest way to check for excessive balljoint
>>> play--assuming there's been no very obvious sounds or handling symptoms? I
>>> assume that to check will require the SB-end would have to be removed--and
>>> also that the balljoint is not replaceable without a complete C/A?
>>> 
>>> Phil
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Phil Rose
>>> Rochester, NY
>>> mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net
>>> 
>>> 
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