[Supras] 89 NA Ball Joints

[Jeff Mohler]

The joints on most cars are not sercivable..the grease dries out over time,
wear starts.

Doesnt matter on age really.

20yrs old, whether its 1mi of use or 200k.



On Nov 19, 2007 3:34 PM, Bob <bob at hairballcreations.com> wrote:

>  That is the problem… I believe this car has had the same problem since
> 2000 and just been sitting in dry storage.
>
>
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> Really these joints were bad at 11 years old and just over 50K.  Kind of
> early for a car that didn't get driven.
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> Yes I am still pissed… I hired and paid these guys.  Now I wonder what
> else they missed…
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> Heck, these were the good employees, not like the idiot who broke a
> Hyundai Rotor off the hat because he used a sledge hammer to remove it (you
> can't make this **** up)
>
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>
> Bob
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>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Jeff Mohler [mailto:speedtoys.racing at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2007 6:27 PM
> *To:* Bob
> *Cc:* supras at supras.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Supras] 89 NA Ball Joints
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> Ya..your _20_ year old car has bad ball joints.
>
> Accept it...20-years-old.
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>  On Nov 19, 2007 3:22 PM, Bob <bob at hairballcreations.com > wrote:
>
> So am I the only one here who hasn't replaced their lower ball joints?
>
> I have been assuming they were fine because two different mechanics told
> me
> so and I just took a pry bar to them and they are (*&^%%*&^%^%$# falling
> off.
>
> Is this a weak point I didn't know about?  The car has like 60K on it.
>
> As you can tell I am venting.  I have spent way too much money chasing
> this
> problem only to find out that my former employees didn't know their ***
> from
> a hole in the ground and I may be worse because I took their word for it
> and
> wasted a lot of time and money missing this simple problem.
>
> I am sill pissed but this rant sort of helped
>
> Bob
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