Out with the old and in with the new, went shopping today.. I finished replacing the tie rod ends and the drag link ends, then took my new $15 bantam motor and scotch bright disks and did a final prep on the parts i want to paint in that stack of parts i scraped and degreased yesterday, 2 days of getting filthy are behind me!
Found a potential problem, my ball joint kit:
http://www.harborfreight.com/ball-jo...cles-4065.html
It does not seem to have the proper length cup for my ball joint and C press, its too deep and i cant set it up on the knuckle and get the bottom adapter in place
I researched a bit and found another thread where the guy said you need 2 kits, they looked to be from Harbor Freight, but harbor freight seems to have changed there kits now where the 3 cup kit seems to no longer be available, or the kits in his pic's were not from Harbor Freight. H.F has a master kit for another $69.00.
I figure i can try and start the ball joint without the little adapter first then hopefully by the time the ball joint is flush with the bottom of the hole i can then loosen it up and slide the bottom adapter in place. If that don't work i'll take my chop saw and shorten the cup in the kit about 1/4"
Looking into the tubes its looking like i should replace the inner axle seals, so i did a bit of research and found that Napa had then for around $23 ea, The picture was from O'reilly's $19.99 ea. Rock Auto.com had then for 8.89 ea plus $3.29 shipping... Ordered, and shipped today.