So can loose wheel bearings. Looks like this poor guy might be looking at
an entire front-end rebuild unless he gets lucky right off the bat.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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----- Original Message -----
From: mark holbrook <rolling_rock_12@yahoo.com>
To: <SMatson802@aol.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Flunked my safety inspection
>
> Ball joints are not a huge deal. You should look at
> the trunnions too, they can make the wheel wobble too.
> Mark
> --- SMatson802@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I just flunked my safety inspection on the "71
> > spitty. Unfortunately it is
> > my driver and I cant be on the road til it is fixed.
> > The crack inspection tech jacked up the front and
> > found excessive movement in
> > the wheels. The diagnosis is ball joints. I will
> > have to look more closely
> > to veryify.
> > Any thoughts? How tricky are ball joints? Do you
> > need to compress the
> > springs?
> > Ugh.
> > Steve M.
>
>
> =====
> -Mark Holbrook-
>
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