suspension help

[331stagn1968]

i know what FYI means but what does FWIW mean. aftermarket race parts are different. tci just emailed me saying that the joint are of an improved design. for what its worth. i get it.

[Bryce]

For what its worth.

[LowFast]

Yep, stock one sheared clean off when it failed, bent up the front fender. Luckily it failed when it did, wife backing out of parking space, instead of 10 minutes later on the highway. Got to change it out on the 4th floor of a parking garage in windy 20 degree weather in the dead of winter, two weeks after having shoulder surgery. Fun times! Had to do it on-site because no tow truck could fit in the low garage.

I had to have my tranny (4R70W) rebuilt at 60k, but it has been running a procharger at 12psi since 25k so it took its share of abuse. Converter crapped out and sent bits all through the transmission. Now it is built with kevlar od band and eagle clutches, tranny can take just about anything.

I digress.

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

We have been using the Moog K772(28,000# pull out strength) for both the upper and the lower ball joints for 10+ years on anything from Novas to 4000lb 50's pickups with great success. We use close to 10,000 of these ball joints a year and I can't remember a time where a customer had a failure.

Engine Performance, Braking capabilities and suspension advancements have pushed this industry to crazy new heights. In order to ensure we keep that added safety margin we recently changed the lowers to the K719(32,000 pull out strength).


-J

[Bryce]

We have been using the Moog K772(28,000# pull out strength) for both the upper and the lower ball joints for 10+ years on anything from Novas to 4000lb 50's pickups with great success. We use close to 10,000 of these ball joints a year and I can't remember a time where a customer had a failure.

Engine Performance, Braking capabilities and suspension advancements have pushed this industry to crazy new heights. In order to ensure we keep that added safety margin we recently changed the lowers to the K719(32,000 pull out strength).


-J

Thanks for bringing the tech!