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03-27-2002, 11:15 AM
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Livin' it up.
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Richland, MI
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Ball Joints
Hey all, i'm having a bit of trouble. I did the swap for disc brakes about a year ago and i did it using 73 spindles. Well i found out that the spindles were like 2" shorter first off and now i'm finding that the ball joints arent sitting quite right as they are tearing their sleaves and not staying lubricated, causing my power steering to be a pain. I was wondering if i need some different ball joints or what i can do to make this thing right.
Thanks All in Advance, Greg ------------------ 69 Custom 20, 396BB,Longbed fleetside. Edelbrock performer RPM-O, Edelbrock 750Carb, Headers, HEI. SN= Ares220
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-Greg; Sold the 69 C20. It's off to a better home with more love! Now onto the 86 CUCV M1009; K5 blazer with 6.2L diesel, corp 10 bolt axles, Detroit locker in the rear, trutrac front, 3.73 gears, 35" tires. 
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03-27-2002, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Olive Branch,MS,USA
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Did you use 73 ball joints?
------------------ 72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail Olive Branch MS
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03-27-2002, 12:23 PM
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Livin' it up.
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Ohh yes i used 73 ball joints and i still had to do a little bit of fitting work. Like the lower castle nut is upside down and i bored out the spindles a very small bit. Thanks
------------------ 69 Custom 20, 396BB,Longbed fleetside. Edelbrock performer RPM-O, Edelbrock 750Carb, Headers, HEI. SN= Ares220
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-Greg; Sold the 69 C20. It's off to a better home with more love! Now onto the 86 CUCV M1009; K5 blazer with 6.2L diesel, corp 10 bolt axles, Detroit locker in the rear, trutrac front, 3.73 gears, 35" tires.
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03-27-2002, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Slippery Rock PA USA
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i just did the same thing...used 80 spindles but i used 72 balljoints..i had no problem
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03-27-2002, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Texan in Iowa
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As far as the spindle height goes: even using the 71-72 spindles will lower the front end quite a bit compared to the drum setup. I wish I could get the drums' stance with disks while keeping the factory spring heights.
------------------ '67 Chevy C20 Custom Camper 327/TH400/4.57 '92 Chevy K1500 XCab LWB 350/NV4500/3.73 Aggieland, TX
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