Normally, I would agree. However having owned 30+ Chevelles and rebuilding numerous front suspensions, I had 2 failures. The first one I dismissed as bad luck. Years later, when I had another failure, I consulted with a well respected front end shop and the owner told me he always tacked them as an additional safety measure for his customers. Assuming you can own and drive the car as much as it would take to wear out another set of ball joints, maybe it would be time to replace the entire a-arm rather than rebuilding it anyway. ER
John Nasta wrote: > Safety from what? I've never done it and never had any safety issues. You > would need to conduct a controlled experiment (i.e. 2 otherwise identical > cars subject to identical conditions) to prove that it works. Nothing > personal. In my opinion it's pointless and creates future maintenance > problems. > > John Nasta > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Riggins > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:07 PM > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] suspension rebuild > > It's a safety measure, and it works. > > John Nasta wrote: > > > Yeah, until the next time you want to change them. Unless you are beating > on > > the car heavily, it serves no purpose. > > > > John Nasta > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Good idea... > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Someone is suggesting that after having my front control arms powder > > coated & > > > bushings & ball joints installed I should have the lower ball joints > tack > > > welded. Is this a good/bad idea? > > > > > > Neal S. > > > 66 Malibu Convert.
