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69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! #2607893 01/17/19 02:02 AM 01/17/19 02:02 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 954 Colorado D dssaa OP super stock
dssaa OP super stock D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 954 Colorado	Just attempted to replace the lower drivers side ball joint. Got a replacement online, part number was K783, which is what Classic Industries and the auto parts store say is correct. After breaking the old one free...no fun job..I put the new one in, but the arm that connects to the tie rod end does not have the correct curvature to clear the brake drum. Looking at the original ball joint, its stamped with 22-4002. I could not find this casting/part number anywhere! Any ideas? Do I have a different control arm/ball joint from a different model? Car was supposed to go to a car show on Saturday...now its sitting on jack stands.... Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks! Dave in Colorado

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: dssaa] #2607900 01/17/19 02:10 AM 01/17/19 02:10 AM
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CSK master Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,853 Pattison Texas	pictures would help 1968 Charger COLD A/C Hilborn EFI 512ci 9.7 compression, Stealth heads, 4.10 gear A518 ODtrans 4100lb,10.93 full street car trim 2020 T/A 392 Stock 11.79 @ 114.5

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: dssaa] #2607912 01/17/19 02:38 AM 01/17/19 02:38 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 954 Colorado D dssaa OP super stock
dssaa OP super stock D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 954 Colorado	I think I was just sent the wrong part. I compared it to my SuperBee, and its definitely not correct. I am swinging by the auto parts store tomorrow and matching up the correct one...which I should have done in the first place.

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: dssaa] #2608340 01/17/19 11:58 PM 01/17/19 11:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,525 Freeport IL USA poorboy I Live Here
poorboy I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,525 Freeport IL USA	It sounds to me like someone put the wrong part in a box, and you were the lucky recipient. I got a fuel regulator once, the box had the correct number on it, the part even had the correct number on it, but it was the wrong part! I had to send pictures of the part, they did send me the correct part, but it did cost me about a week worth of messing around. That part was boxed wrong at the factory. Stuff happens. Gene

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: poorboy] #2608387 01/18/19 01:38 AM 01/18/19 01:38 AM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 869 Keizer, Oregon U.S.A. E elmor353 super stock
elmor353 super stock E Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 869 Keizer, Oregon U.S.A.	I sold auto parts for years. You would not believe the crap that gets mislabeled or put in the wrong box. Probably boxed on a Friday or a Monday! People either not paying attention or hung over.

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: elmor353] #2608474 01/18/19 09:34 AM 01/18/19 09:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,567 Ky J jt4406 pro stock
jt4406 pro stock J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,567 Ky	Saw a set of 8 .030 pistons once, all stamped .030 on top of piston. THREE were STANDARD SIZE!!! Machine shop that sold them and bored the engine missed them. "Experienced" mechanic that assembled the engine missed them. (machine shop took the hit and made it right) jess Yeah, it's hopped up to over 160...

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: jt4406] #2609049 01/19/19 05:19 PM 01/19/19 05:19 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 475 Central NY G GarageDodge mopar
GarageDodge mopar G Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 475 Central NY	How does a machine shop& a mechanic both miss a std compared to 0.030 over piston,nobody know how to use mics?

Re: 69 Charger lower ball joint...replacement didn't fit! [Re: GarageDodge] #2609082 01/19/19 06:36 PM 01/19/19 06:36 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,696 North Dakota 6PakBee I Live Here
6PakBee I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,696 North Dakota	Originally Posted By GarageDodge How does a machine shop& a mechanic both miss a std compared to 0.030 over piston,nobody know how to use mics? Agreed. Those three standard pistons would've rattled around in the bores like a baseball bat in a garbage can. "We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended".

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