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Old 10-14-2017, 11:15 AM   #5
abig84
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Re: Ball joint dust boot - is it on there?

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Originally Posted by RedRider View Post
Good point.

So I worked on this a little more last night, trying to push the boot on far enough that it wasn't loose on the ball joint. What finally worked was compressing the top portion and creating somewhat of a "suction" that held the rubber onto the lower part of the ball joint. Seems to be snug now.
some of them are so bad ive actually had to use the ball joint press to push on the boot as they have like a metal ring installed in the bottom of them that have to snap on. really hard to do without damaging the rubber
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