Keep an eye out for different stud lengths on the ball joints, even with the oe replacement stuff. I've been seeing a trend for awhile now where the stud length is not the same as what was removed and you now have to stack washers under the nuts to get the cotter pin hole to line up with the castle nut slot. Both the tapered portion of the stud and the straight portion have been changed. When I was at SEMA, I talked to the rep from ProForged about this and he verified that the companies, his included, have consolidated a lot of stud differences and use one stud to fit many more applications as opposed to being the correct length. Changes in the stud length can change your geometries plus can cause binding issues if the joint hits other components.


Carl Kessel