Again, you beat me to it. You shouldn't have any rubbing up front now.
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Again, you beat me to it. You shouldn't have any rubbing up front now.
Dude.... high five.
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Here is the repot.
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Did this resolve your contact issue you had with your pinchweld? How is she driving? It's good that all you needed was a BJ... but yeah.. for 300$ you could spend 50 bones more and buy a PAIR of UCA's and install them yourself. I would have laughed at the guys face too, dude. lol.
300 bones for a BJ dammm.
They want $88 for the ball joint and $188 for labor I knew it was coming I sat there and listened to all of them call up every person that had a car there and tell them they needed something all of them needed tires and wiper blades for some reason LOL it was full court sales in that place or everyone had a POS.
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lol I assume when they say ball joint 'going up and down' they mean there is 'PLAY' in the balljoint when there shouldn't be. But you should be impressed, Sal! The way you describe the impact you took on that rock. The fact that all you really needed to do is get new balljoings after your 6K LB XK going 15 mph coming to an immediate HALT from impact on an IFS tire... means either you got lucky, or the IFS system is stronger than I thought. And that's not the first time you've banged an IFS component and walked away with just a couple scratches. (or gouge in some cases) lol.
I just replaced my driver side ball joint cause mine was "going up and down" too. Also had my tie rods replaced and a new balance and alignment (which was the original reason I took it to my friend's shop while I was back home). Noticed i was getting alot more of that popping when turning the steering wheel. Now she steers real nice and tight and the ball joint's not "going up and down anymore" without the UCA attached firmly. Looks like your's lasted a tad longer than mine. i'm at 76k.
After uwharrie I started rubbing my left front on the pinch weld even after the alignment. It helped but still rubbing. So I decided to cut and grind down the area I'm rubbing in and hopefully after my ball joint goes in and another alignment all will be good.
First thing I had to do was bend it back so I could cut it. It was packed with mud behind there as well
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Then I cut them off leaving some meat for grinding.
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Then I kept grinding till it was smooth. Not sure if I need to run a weld on the seem or not? I was thinking maybe yes.
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All painted up again
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It's still close and rubs at certain points still so I'll order the parts but hopefully this will save tire while I wait.
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if you wanna run a bead down it,it wouldnt hurt. be sure to pull back the carpet and padding so not to torch the whole thing. sounds like common knowledge but ive seen experianced guys burn stuff that shouldnt be burned. :)
To show the level a distraction I'm at right now yesterday I used the impact just to snug the lugs before dropping the jeep and forgot to torque them down after I lowered the jeep :eek: I realized my mistake at about 3am while staring at my ceiling not being able to sleep LOL anyways that may have been why I still had some rubbing because I fixed it before I left and didn't rub yet. I want to wait till my heads clear to weld the seam and replace the ball joint but I don't want to ruin a new tire either..... Oh well, what ya going to do!
The tire still rubs a bit but I ordered my part from rock auto and the sucker shipped with in the hour :D you can't beat that. I have a 4 day this weekend I just found out LOL so I'll go at the jeep and see if I can't solve all my rubbing issues. I looked at the rear a little bit and really not sure how with keeping it looking good I'm going to clear more room at the same time.
My weekend project list
1 Replace lower ball joint
2 get new alignment (FREE :D)
3 grind down more pinch weld
4 weld pinch weld
5 weld in plate over pinch weld
6 Do rear pinch weld work
7 Make more room for rear tires
OR drink beer and go fishing :cool:
I added another pad to my back yard so hanging out at home really isn't all that bad. I got the outdoor speakers all hooked and everything.
Pic of the new pad
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Its starting to take shape
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This is how I ate my dinner last night :) and yes I know the fence isn't done its been to windy to finish staining it.
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Just get the jacuzzi done, install the pool, and build another room over the garage and I'll be ready to come down. Looks nice dude. And stop posting food on here. If i find out there's bacon in that, i'm going to get pissed.
Party pad looks good Sal. I wish I had a spot like that!
Keep us informed on the ball joint. Curious to the outcome.
Well lets see progress on the XK 0% LOL progress on my other two hobbies fishing and drinking all good LOL shot over to Gatlinburg for a few days the family went to dollywood and the old man an I grabbed a bass boat and hit the lake for the day then hit the pub after that all an all a good weekend.
We fished a flooded canyon an man this thing was deep I saw 100' on the sonar a lot.
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We fished these cliffs that had points and ledges had a blast
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The views were awesome and I didn't take many pics I was just caught up in the day.
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Then ran into town to wait for the women for dinner and hit a pub over looking the strip.
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well i just missed ya Sal... im heading to Gatlinburg the 21st.
Time laps Video of that JK I was helping with last month.
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