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Old May 11, 2004 | 10:46 AM
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question about replacing upper a-arms

I'm going to be ordering upper a-arms from inland trucks. I wanted to double check that I need the balljoint ones, not the unijoint ones for my '96 - is that correct? Also, is the install as easy as diconnecting everything, pulling out the old ones, swapping in the new ones, the bolting everything back up? I know I'll need an alignment, but for the actual istall, is it that simple?
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Old May 11, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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Yes it is.
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Old May 11, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by sschaefer3
Yes it is.
I'll second that. No problem.
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Old May 12, 2004 | 07:31 AM
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if i did it again i would get the Uni-ball design.
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Old May 12, 2004 | 07:36 AM
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if i did it again i would get the Uni-ball design.
Why? Even considering the extra cost?
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Old May 12, 2004 | 07:58 AM
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Why? Even considering the extra cost?
the uni-ball is maint. free and more reliable in my opinion...ist tough to justify the extra cost though.
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Old May 12, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RTdawgs
the uni-ball is maint. free and more reliable in my opinion...ist tough to justify the extra cost though.
An exposed ball. Maintenance free. Think about it. What happened to the exposed SAW threads in the land of snow?
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