[T3] Ball Joints

[Dave Hall]

One of our club members bought a pair of these and was pleased with the fit
- it was the large size but I'd check the dimensions given before jumping.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180829374808

I'd be surprised if someone over there in the USA doesn't do them as well,
but these are probably made with Europen cars in mind.  It doesn't allow
selection of USA as a country on the ebay page - maybe from your end there's
some choice.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brent
Bottolfson
Sent: 10 March 2012 17:02
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Ball Joints



On 3/9/12 9:02 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 9 Mar 2012 at 12:59, Chris Sheridan wrote:
>
>> At this point the ball joints have 42 years of wear on them, they may 
>> have a few more, but then I'm not willing to find out. Since I've had 
>> this car for 12 years, and intend to keep it until I die, or give it 
>> to my daughter in a few years when she turns 16, I have no problem 
>> replacing any and everything. my job may end anytime, and while I 
>> have the $$ and the opportunity, I will bring all the problems I can 
>> on myself now, resolve them and move on.
> By doing this, you're buying into the concept that new is better than 
> old. If you could still buy OE quality stuff, you'd be right, but in 
> many cases the new parts you'll be installing will probably be of 
> poorer quality than the old used parts you're throwing away.
>
I think the problem we run into with re-using the old ball joints is in the
boots.  When I took all my OE ball joints out, every one of them had severe
rot/cracks/tears of the rubber boot.  I've seen a set of boots pop up in
theSamba classifieds once, but they had already sold when I sent the guy an
email.

I kept all my OE ball joints and cleaned them up really good.  Then I
installed some boots from some cheapo ball joints, but they don't fit right.
I didn't want to install them and have grease squeezing out of them because
they don't fit the top shaft right.

Someone mentioned making repop boots with a mesh scrim awhile back in
Type3 forum, but I don't remember who.

I ended up using NOS ball joints, but they were hard to find and expensive.
The Meyle ball joints that are available now seem to have a pretty good rep.
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