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WTB HP30 & power steering pump
- Thread starter md21722
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smokeyyank
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Littleton, Crawlarado
I have my HP30 with 4.11s still
DutchVDub
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Milliken, CO
Why not just replace seals and ball joints?
- Location
- Golden, CO
I'll take a wild guess that the tubes are tweaked.
Real need for another one is project Jeep here has enlarged/elongated ball joint holes on the drivers side. I figure the easiest thing to do is replace the axle.
Spicer upper ball joint drops right in and spins, no press. Lower is a little better, goes in 3/4 of the way before the press would do any work. It's not a defective Spicer part as I have known good spares laying around and they do the same thing.
Found some lowers at NAPA that would bite enough but struggling with the upper. I mean, they're not supposed to drop in 3/4 of the way before a press is needed so only about 1/8" of the splines would actually bite anything.
Rather replace the axle than end up with some special concoction of parts that may work/be of dubious quality.
Spicer upper ball joint drops right in and spins, no press. Lower is a little better, goes in 3/4 of the way before the press would do any work. It's not a defective Spicer part as I have known good spares laying around and they do the same thing.
Found some lowers at NAPA that would bite enough but struggling with the upper. I mean, they're not supposed to drop in 3/4 of the way before a press is needed so only about 1/8" of the splines would actually bite anything.
Rather replace the axle than end up with some special concoction of parts that may work/be of dubious quality.
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DutchVDub
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Milliken, CO
Makes sense.
xj-grin
NAXJA Member #1096
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
ream it and use a tapered insert?
DutchVDub
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Milliken, CO
Pretty sure he is talking about the holes in the C's that the ball joint installs into, not the tapered holes in the knuckles.
xj-grin
NAXJA Member #1096
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
:gee: So I'm a retard, you're saying??
Yup, the bores in the axle C's. Since the axle is a plain jain stocker it'll just go on the scrap pile and get replaced. A knuckle fitment issue would be too easy. My guess is some previous owner put in $5 ball joints which deformed the bores. It was quite a scene in there, with the left knuckle axle shaft a good 1/4" lower than the right side which still had the factory ball joints which were also shot but still replaceable.
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