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Offline kubelguy

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Beetle Ball Joints
« on: July 10, 2006, 03:10:20 PM »
If you have a lowered beam and dropped spindles do you need modified ball joints and camber nuts?
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Beetle Ball Joints
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2006, 04:10:42 PM »
depends on quite a few things.you should not need the camber adjusters unless you are trying to compinsate for a lack of caster,which would show up on your alignment readings and should be adjusted with shims behind the beam .remember there is a direction for those as well ,can't remember if its notch forward or backward check the manual.
you can modifie your balljoints by taking the boot off and removing the plastic guid plate inside .you will see what i mean when you pop a boot off.this allows for more movement but at the same time if the inner joint now makes a heavy contact ith the outer cage it could pop the balll joint apart,i know this from experiance

remember the idea with drop spindles is to lower it without need to modifie anything.unless you are lowering more than the 2 1/2 3 inches you gained with the spindles




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