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Ball joint gap???

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Old 10-15-2012, 11:17 PM
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We are redoing my son's 1986 K5 suspension. Normally I would take pictures before I take things apart, but I thought it was straight forward. We replaced all of the ball joints, but ended up with a large gap on the uppers. I don't remember if there was a gap with the old ones. Does this look correct? The replacement ball joints look the same...


 
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Old 10-16-2012, 11:31 AM
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Will the hubs still line up with the axle tube?
 
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Old 10-16-2012, 01:47 PM
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if there is no movement in and out of the knuckle and the top nut went down far enough to get a cotter pin in there it will probably be fine. ill be in my garage tonight when i get home and ill look to see how mine is
 
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