wish bone ball

Brendan

Brendan

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is ther a trick to putting on the rubber ball on a wish bone?
also have you guys had good luck with sacramento vintages rubber ball?
thanks Brendan
 
A small amount of dishwashing detergent helps the rubber ball to slide right on. I have not had any problems usiing their parts. Tom
 
I heard a trick. I have not tried it. You put the ball against the wishbone and apply air in the hole in the end of the ball.
 
Best thing for both installation and longevity is to use silicone spray. Makes it go on easy and makes it last a long time. No rust issues as there may be with soapy water.
 
Along the same line. What problems, if any, arise from putting the "cap" on, upside down, then putting another cap in the proper position with a new rubber ball. This would be an effort to compensate for wear at the ball joint. Would it throw off the alignment that much? Inquiring minds want to know.
 
Andy said:
I heard a trick. I have not tried it. You put the ball against the wishbone and apply air in the hole in the end of the ball.
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I have tried it with amazing results. A little bit of lube on the ball, but the big hole up against the wishbone and the air nozzle at the small hole, squeeze and ZAP!! It's on!
 
I put one on last week by putting the ball aginst the wishbone and pulling the ball inside out. Now the inside of the ball is on the outside. I think I'll try the air next time.
 
Lawson Cox said:
Along the same line. What problems, if any, arise from putting the "cap" on, upside down, then putting another cap in the proper position with a new rubber ball. This would be an effort to compensate for wear at the ball joint. Would it throw off the alignment that much? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Will an upside down cap fit? If so, I don't think it would throw off the alignment because you haven't split the wishbone or radically relocated the roll center of the car. Splitting the wishbone is another matter. Others will know more.
http://www.auto-ware.com/setup/ack_rac.htm
http://autorepair.about.com/gi/dyna...com/handling/ackerman_steering_principle.html
 
This works for me: silicone spray the ball and rubber, squeeze the rubber flat and the hole widens out, push it on. Your done.
 
Adding a layer of metal at the ball would crank in a tiny amount of extra caster...I am FAR too lazy and too distant from eighth grade geometry to figgerout how much, but it has to be small.
 
My first boss (other than my parents) used to work for Bill Harrah at his museum in Reno, Nv. He always got out the torch and added a little brass to the ball and filed it to fit back into the cup & polished them out. The wear factor may have been a little faster on brass than steel but all the ones he did are still chugging around today. Folks don't drive them as hard as they used to in most cases. The roads are still better than they were then.

Kerby
 
I stick welded big wear & craters and smoothed everything up with brass, sanded up real nice and believe the rubber will last a lot longer than the alternative. Didn't know the orig. dia. but guessed close and assume I was more particular with the finish than henry's guys were. I used straight dish soap to pop them on
 

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I had a n.o.s. front wishbone laying around here and the ball on that one was very smooth and with no machine grooves. The rubber ball slipped on beautifuly with a little dishwasher soap. I even used a n.o.s rubber ball ford script, this was still soft. You just cant beat ford parts.
 
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