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Moog K772 Upper Ball Joints - Better Check Before Installing
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gtxdana
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The Proforged parts I've used were made in Taiwan and so far seem to be of good quality. They are still around and are part of the Holley brand now.
Taiwan is next door to China... see how many there celebrate Christmas.....
Happy Holidays, everyone, Merry Christmas....
Happy Holidays, everyone, Merry Christmas....
padam
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Summit sells them.
Bought my Moogs from Craig @mobileparts?
Thank you,
khryslerkid, I am trying to find this supplier, but cannot. All I see in my search are links to b &c body only web-links.
Do you have a direct number and/or web-link to Craig's store?Thank you,
Just send him a pm on here, I don't believe he has a "store".
Sparky Anderson
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I bought those same ball joints and had no issues at all. The only thing that might be wrong is they could be lower ball joint, which are threaded into lower control arm. They could of packaged them wrong as upper part #
Upper and lower ball joints are totally different animals.....
Sparky Anderson
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No they are not, 73 and up both upper and lower screw into the control arm. Do your homework! If you look at them side by side they look identical.
padam
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The body that threads int the control arm seems to be the same size.
The stem that goes into the spindle is different. (Upper v lower. )
autoxcuda
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Since you are so smart, why are there 2 different part #'s for upper and lowers then? Do your homework!
Sparky Anderson
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I guess you can't take it when you don't know, go to even rockauto and check for yourself, they look the same but are not. Happy New Year to you and your family all the best for 2024.
Happy New Year FBBO membership.
Now to get to the business at hand. No time to celebrate.
I am searching for a set of correctly sized strut rod bushings for my son's 74 Road Runner.
As you can see, the originals are 2.600" squeezed, so I will go with a minimum of 2.500" OD for my needs.
The Moog/Clevite and Precision bushings (same part numbers) K7016A called for are only 2.00"OD.
I did find these on Summit, but there are no dimensions listed.
I know they are not factory style rubber, but if they fit, I will run them.
I plan to call Craig Tuesday. I did not want to bother him over the holiday.
I found this Rare Parts P/N that are 2.513" OD, but they are not avalible and I have had no luck locating any in the past.
If anyone knows the OD of the Energy's that would help.
Thank you,
Now to get to the business at hand. No time to celebrate.
I am searching for a set of correctly sized strut rod bushings for my son's 74 Road Runner.
As you can see, the originals are 2.600" squeezed, so I will go with a minimum of 2.500" OD for my needs.
The Moog/Clevite and Precision bushings (same part numbers) K7016A called for are only 2.00"OD.
I did find these on Summit, but there are no dimensions listed.
I know they are not factory style rubber, but if they fit, I will run them.
I plan to call Craig Tuesday. I did not want to bother him over the holiday.
I found this Rare Parts P/N that are 2.513" OD, but they are not avalible and I have had no luck locating any in the past.
If anyone knows the OD of the Energy's that would help.
Thank you,
| Bushing #1 I.D. | 0.739 |
| Bushing #1 O.D. | 2.513 |
| Bushing #1 Length | 1.427 |
| Bushing #2 I.D. | 0.739 |
| Bushing #2 O.D. | 2.252 |
| Bushing #2 Length | 1.367 |
| Hardware Included | Yes |
| Package Contents | 4 Bushings, 4 Washers, 2 Sleeves, 2 Cotter Pins |
mountain33
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After reading all the comments. Going to check my suspension out. I replaced most of mine with moog parts over a year ago. Don't laugh but bought them through home Depot.
mountain33,
Let me know what you discover. I have been doing most of my running to and from O'Reilly's. The local guys are very helpful, but it is a pain to keep finding the bushings that are list for the 73-74, are not correct for my applications. I will put a list up of all the correct part descriptions and numbers, and photos once my son and I have completed his frontend. Maybe it will be useful one day for others.In case there is any intrest, here is the link to his Road Runner project and a little back story. As a dad of 4, and to have the youngest want to put forth the effort to do this makes me proud. That gives me an idea. Back at you later.
1973/74 Plymouth Road Runner preservation with Q&A Feedback
I am new to B-Bodies only, and just as new to a B-Body preservation. For background information, I am a mechanic by trade and have Chevy Muscle Car rebuild experience. However, when my wife asked me to consider my next project to be a 1974 Satellite like I had, and we dated in during high...
www.forbbodiesonly.com
Blueskys
khryslerkid, thank you
I spoke to Craig at [email protected] and my full frontend parts set (Steering, Suspension, and "the rest") are ordered. I will be looking for them soon.
Craig is a subject matter expert on this stuff.
Again, thank you for the introduction.
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Even though they are next door to China, it seems to me that they take more pride in building better parts. Not sure about lately since China is trying to reel them back into their fold.
Lower ball joints on the cars were incorporated into the steering knuckle which in turn bolts to the spindle flange but not sure about cars after 72. IIRC, except for E body cars....the suspension changed for the 73 cars. The E cars remained the same until they were discontinued. Upper ball joints screw into the upper control arms but the lowers joints do not screw into the the LCA's. They do bolt to it though. I know this is an older thread but if you haven't figured it out by now....you need to.
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