Upper ball joint boots (Any pics?)
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Upper ball joint boots (Any pics?)
Anyone have pics of what their upper ball joint boots looked like before and/or after install into the knuckle? Reason I ask is that I just completed an entire PST front suspension overhaul. I had a machine shop remove and install the ball joints and bushings on all the control arms. Once I got it together, I noticed the upper ball joint boots were torn. PST sent me the wrong sway bar setup, but made right on that. They are also sending new upper ball joint boots, I want to make sure I install them properly. Thanks to PST for their customer service!
Here's what my front suspension looked like once it was together, the UBJ boots seemed long, so I don't know if they were the wrong ones or the machine shop installed wrong. Any advice or pics of what these should look like?
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/90200630@N06/, on Flickr
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/90200630@N06/, on Flickr
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/90200630@N06/, on Flickr
And then I noticed they were torn and pulled them out. Car had never been driven nor the steering wheel even turned, car was just set back on the ground:
by https://www.flickr.com/photos/90200630@N06/, on Flickr
Here's what my front suspension looked like once it was together, the UBJ boots seemed long, so I don't know if they were the wrong ones or the machine shop installed wrong. Any advice or pics of what these should look like?
And then I noticed they were torn and pulled them out. Car had never been driven nor the steering wheel even turned, car was just set back on the ground:
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In the bottom pic? It's 1 boot, torn in half. Just trying to figure out why it happened, if PST originally sent the wrong boots (too long) or if the machine shop installed them improperly (maybe the boots were supposed to completely surround the ball joint inside of the metal retainer at the bottom and not stick out as far)?. UBJ's were torqued to FSM spec and PST confirmed that spec is correct.
