[Tigers] cheap ball joints

[Smit, Theo]

Others will have more detailed history here, but from what I recall
there was a replacement (lower?) balljoint on the market where the ball
and shaft were copper plated for corrosion resistance and it was
retained only by a nylock nut, not a castellated and cotter-pinned
assembly. Both the copper plating and the nylock nut were causes for
failure, but I don't have any direct experience or first hand stories
related to these items.

Theo

-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces+theo.smit=dynastream.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+theo.smit=dynastream.com at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of William Lau
Sent: July 16, 2007 4:50 PM
To: Tigers at Autox. Team. Net
Subject: [Tigers] cheap ball joints

Does anyone know that they will typically fail or is it just the word
because they are cheaper and somehow more expensive is always better? --
Bill --